...terminally uninvolving virtually from start to finish.
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09/18/09
Agora (2009)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:4
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4.9/10
Synopsis: THE SEA INSIDE’s Alejandro Amenabar directs Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz in this historical drama. Set in fourth-century Alexandria, Egypt, AGORA chronicles both a historical uprising and the love of... [More]
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Michael Lonsdale
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Reviews for Agora
1 - 8 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Behind the pomp and circumstance of the film’s spectacle, Amenábar carefully organizes the dramatic details to prove that a marriage between logic and compassion is best. It’s a message that often gets lost in this grand vision but a satisfying one.
09/10/09
Amenabar's revisionist take on the Hollywood epic is admittedly flawed, but it centers on an interesting, rare protagonist, a legendary female scientist who's not defined by gender or sexuality, brought to life in a compelling turn by Rachel Weisz
09/06/09
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05/22/09
Top CriticA great example of bravura filmmaking by a gifted young international filmmaker.
05/18/09
Top Critic“Agora” occasionally hints at the interesting material embedded in its central conceits, but never manages to enliven it.
05/18/09
Agora ultimately fails to hang together narratively and does not engage on the same grand emotional level as the sword and sandal epics of old.
05/18/09
The mother of all secular humanists fights a losing battle against freshly minted religious zealots in “Agora,” a visually imposing, high-minded epic.
05/18/09
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