Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint

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Milarepa's confusing plot structure, simplistic message, and poor production values cause it to fall flat.

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Movie Info

A tale of greed and vengeance.

Rating:

PG (Disturbing Images|Thematic Elements|Some Violence)
Genre:

adventure, drama, biography, action
Original Language:

Tibetan
Director:

Neten Chokling
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 7, 2017
Runtime:

1h 30m

Cast & Crew

Orgyen Tobgyal
Yongten Trogyal

Jamyang Lodro
Thopaga

Gimyan Lodro
Milarepa

Neten Chokling
Director

Critic Reviews for Milarepa

All Critics (27) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (16)

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November 18, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Joshua Land
Time Out
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November 17, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Hank Sartin
Time Out
Milarepa is a sort of Batman Begins version of the early life of renowned Tibetan saint Jetsun Milarepa (1052-1135).

November 2, 2007 | Rating: 3/4

Tom Keogh
Seattle Times
Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint, a picturesque fable filmed in the mountains of northern India, shows us how most -- if not all -- roads to spiritual enlightenment are paved with suffering.

October 11, 2007 | Full Review…

Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Despite timely and worthwhile subject matter, there is nothing very inspired or inspiring in what makes it to the screen.

October 5, 2007 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Janice Page
Boston Globe
The movie's spectacular scenery and compelling message counterbalance the somewhat plodding pace and wooden performances by a cast of nonactors.

September 21, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

David Wiegand
San Francisco Chronicle
One tonic for a stressful day: Spend 90 minutes with an 11th-century Tibetan mystic who wanders through gorgeous Himalayan scenery

December 2, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com
Earnestly capturing in spirit the emergence of a holy man.

November 5, 2008 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
By-the-book mythmaking: stately, straightforward and not too interesting. The story . . . falls flat on film, a moody, visual medium, tremendously difficult to rework into a mirror for introspective, spiritual transformation.

December 15, 2007

Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)
instructional value and exposure to Tibetan culture and values make this a worthwhile venture

November 4, 2007 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews
Viewers with a pre-established interest in 11th-century Tibetan history should find Milarepa fascinating, but those without won't find much to engage them in this nicely shot but stilted biopic of a legendary magician-turned-monk from that era.

November 2, 2007 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Marc Mohan
Oregonian
The first of a two-part film about the life of an 11th-century Tibetan mystic, Milarepa evokes a time when sorcery was a poor man's way of making war, and the sight of yogis flying through the sky was commonplace.

November 1, 2007 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer