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Alexander Reviews

2004

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Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world. Read more

Starring	Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto
Director	Oliver Stone
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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- Ambitious epic that suffers from miscasting in crucial roles; too much information is provided in a voice-over that turns the drama into an illustrated lecture.
- 34774
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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- - 213
  - 58
  What Was Mr. Stone THINKING?
  
  Alexander is essentially about this Russian sounding babe (played by Ms. Jolie) who marries into this big Oirish family, is driven to preferring snakes because ... read more »
  
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  - robertconnor
  - 177 reviews
  - Gloucestershire
  - 20 Jan 2005 at 13:14
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  crazily underrated
  
  A touching and brilliant film!
  
  I don't see why it receives such negativity! Yes, at times it is a little confusing due to it skipping to various ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 12 Feb 2012 at 19:57
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  - 2
  An epic mess
  
  As a classical history buff whose favourite historical figure is Alexander the Great, I wanted to like this. I'd enjoyed a lot of the cast's previous ... read more »
  
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- 1028710
- - a customer
  - 13 Aug 2011 at 16:26
- - 2
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  READ, give this movie a chance it's "great"
  
  What are most of you people thinking? This movie is epic and unique it is so touching and there is a great message this movie sends across, that life is not ... read more »
  
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- - Jhunts
  - 2 reviews
  - 12 Jul 2011 at 14:08
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  Only the director, the script, and the entire cast was a mistake...
  
  They should have given this project to Ridley Scott to make a decent movie out of it.
  
  Colin Farrell is totally miscast as Alexander. The role should ... read more »
  
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- 1004098
- - a customer
  - 12 Jun 2011 at 22:47
- - 3
  - 0
  Alexander Was Great
  
  I'll be brief as there are many other reviews available, though not many are positive.
  
  I watched it twice, and the commentary.
  
  I didn... read more »
  
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  - popcornkiller
  - 29 reviews
  - Welling, Bexley
  - 24 Feb 2011 at 18:25
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  Alexander 2004
  
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  I had just finished reading a historically accurate (inasmuch as it could be after 2350 years) trilogy about Alexander the Great played in this film by Colin ... read more »
  
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  - Scotland
  - 03 Jan 2011 at 19:29
- - 3
  - 1
  Total flop
  
  If they stripped out 45 mins, the film could have been good. At 3.15 or so its just way over the top. Acting is ok, but farrell is nothing spectacular. Jolie ... read more »
  
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  - Surrey
  - 18 Dec 2010 at 17:40
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  Alexander (2004)
  
  Another big budget ball sucking waste of what seems a week. Rent it dont watch it, just set fire to it.
  
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  - London, England
  - 30 Oct 2010 at 09:40
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  Without Doubt the Worst Film of the Decade
  
  Farrell is laughable in the lead, as is every luckless actor, with the possible exception of Jolie who might almost appear to be trying despite the script. Or ... read more »
  
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- - Boatthink
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  - Burton
  - 14 Oct 2010 at 02:07
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  Painfully painfully bad i had to stop the movie
  
  First of all the acting was awful and the accents didn't help either.
  
  The only good thing about this movie? It was a dodgy DVD so didn't ... read more »
  
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- - Smoothielee44
  - 1 review
  - Gateshead
  - 10 Oct 2010 at 03:22
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- - 213
  - 58
  What Was Mr. Stone THINKING?
  
  Alexander is essentially about this Russian sounding babe (played by Ms. Jolie) who marries into this big Oirish family, is driven to preferring snakes because ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 65656
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - robertconnor
  - 177 reviews
  - Gloucestershire
  - 20 Jan 2005 at 13:14
- - 49
  - 9
  An Incredible achievement by Oliver Stone
  
  I mean, hats off to the man - he managed an incredible cinematic feat.. Taking one of THE great characters from history, and some of the greatest battles, and ... read more »
  
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- - Alan Carnegie
  - Edinburgh
  - 10 Feb 2005 at 15:52
- - 40
  - 5
  Enjoyable Portrayal of History's Greatest Military Commander
  
  I disagree with the slating that Alexander has received. Whilst perhaps not as accomplished as some of the other great historical epics (Ben Hur, Gladiator, ... read more »
  
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- - LeoM
  - 19 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Feb 2006 at 14:28
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  - 3
  What a Turkey !!
  
  If you thought that you had suffered enough turkey over Christmas then prepare yourself for more ... watch Oliver Stone's Epic Alexander.
  
  Having ... read more »
  
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- - An0n
  - West Midlands
  - 16 Jan 2005 at 09:22
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  Truly Awful
  
  Quite possibly, the worst way to waste 3 hours. Fact.
  
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- - Nicholas Cook
  - Nottingham, England
  - 02 Mar 2005 at 17:05
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  Finally, a Powerful Cure for Insomnia!
  
  I can create something a whole lot better than this when I'm taking a dump!
  
  'Alexander' has one redeeming feature: Angelina Jolie. The ... read more »
  
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- - James Waddell
  - London, England
  - 24 Jan 2005 at 23:04
- - 13
  - 0
  Worse than the worst film you have ever seen
  
  Picture the scene... Oliver Stone and Ardal o'Hanlon, sitting in the pub in Dublin after one 2 many drinks... Oliver mentions he's working on a film ... read more »
  
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  - Unsure whether to laugh or cry
  - 14 Nov 2005 at 09:36
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  WHY THE IRISH ACCENTS, WHY O WHY!
  
  Forgiving the inaccuracies its watchable, but, the irish accents were really irritating, I half expected Val kilmer to start talking about a pot of gold and ... read more »
  
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- - chris
  - Cardiff
  - 02 Aug 2005 at 20:23
- - 8
  - 1
  Alexander The Boring
  
  OK, there are a few good battle scenes but for the other 3 hours I was just praying for the film to end. The only thing that kept me in my seat was the ... read more »
  
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- - stumpykl
  - West Yorkshire
  - 11 Jan 2005 at 18:26
- - 8
  - 1
  One of the worst films of all time
  
  This just went on and on and on and on and on and on and on. There was one good scene (the battle in India).
  
  The people giving it 6 and 7 must either... read more »
  
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- - robandron
  - london
  - 08 Apr 2005 at 18:57

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Critics' reviews
- Ambitious epic that suffers from miscasting in crucial roles; too much information is provided in a voice-over that turns the drama into an illustrated lecture.
- 34774
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
- It's history set ablaze, livid with political intrigue, scandal and un-braked sexuality... deliberately over-the-top, over-rich, uninhibited moviemaking
- 23666
- - Chicago Tribune
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11
- As one of the few movies around not pushing state-of-the-art animation or Jude Law, Alexander is a damn good date movie
- 23667
- - New York Magazine
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11
- âGladiatorâ and its prodigal spawn aside, why make a movie about antiquityâs greatest conqueror? Alexander the... read more on Time Out
- 48094
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
- The work of a first-rate filmaker who makes unforgettable images.
- 23668
- - Newsweek
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11

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