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Joan Of Arc - The Messenger
1999
In 1429 a young French woman claimed to have heard the voice of God foretelling of her victory over her country's oppressors which would bring about a religious peace... Read more
| Starring | Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman |
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| Director | Luc Besson |
| Genres | Drama |
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Joan Of Arc - The Messenger
In 1429 a young French woman claimed to have heard the voice of God foretelling of her victory over her country's oppressors which would bring about a religious peace...
| Starring | Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Tchéky Karyo, Richard Ridings, Timothy West, Pascal Greggory, Desmond Harrington, Vincent Cassel, Andrew Birkin |
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| Director | Luc Besson |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENT. UK |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 35 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 13 Jun 2005 Blu-ray: 01 Dec 2008 Production year: 1999 |
| Format | DVD |
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Besson's action-film approach really needed Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role to make it credible; here he concentrates on the spectacle and lets his cast do what they will, which is overact.
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"...Eyecatching....The technical achievements here are excellent..."
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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
The Messenger - Just Short Of Great
The thing about Joan Of Arc is that while it is a beautiful and enjoyable film, packed with visual flair and wonderful characters, it just falls short of being a masterpiece due to some horrible contradictions in Joan's character.
Whilst occassionaly presenting her as a religious lunatic, Joan on the battlefield is holier-than-thou, never once swinging a sword; prefering to carry her banner into battle.
I suspected as the film was tumbling along that this had much to do with the director, Frenchman Luc Besson, who no doubt would have been sympathetic in his portrayal of a French national hero.
But that said, Joan Of Arc is a fine film, and if you can overlook its flaws, I am quietly confident you'll enjoy yourself very much whilst watching it. -
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
there was no half star available
In whole of the movie Milla (Jeanne) kept trying to scream but she ot no voice. Not only her selection as Jeanne is wrong, the other casts are artificial as well. Whenever the story starts to catch some momentum, there you find Jeanne shouting at others to believe that she is messenger of God. War scenes are very short and don't put any effect otherwise. Even the French wont like this Joan of Arc.
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Action master Besson takes on French history in this ambitious look at the legendary saint and martyr. Beginning with a young Joan witnessing her sister's rape and murder at the hands of brutal ... -
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Joan Of Arc - The Messenger
In 1429 a young French woman claimed to have heard the voice of God foretelling of her victory over her country's oppressors which would bring about a religious peace......
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