As a glossy romance in dangerous times, this has all the classic elements and does a reasonably good job of marshalling people and events to its heart-wrenching finale.
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08/24/01
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:8
Rotten:25
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: The cinematography is gorgeous, but the movie plays it fast and loose with history and the novel it was adapted from. Mostly, the movie fails because the romance between the leads strains credulity and the story is largely uninvolving.
Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $25,261,240
Synopsis: Academy Award (R) winner Nicolas Cage (City of Angels) and Penelope Cruz (All About My Mother) star in Captain Corelli's Mandolin, an epic tale about the enduring hope of love and the devastating... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, Christian Bale, John Hurt
Director: John Madden
Reviews for Captain Corelli's Mandolin
1 - 11 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticStrikes too many false notes on the dramatic side to add up to a satisfying emotional experience.
08/07/08
Top CriticCage's ancestors may have come from the Old Country, but he's no more Italian than Franco-American SpaghettiOs.
01/06/02
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08/30/01
Top CriticThe result is far from perfect, but to its many merits, add timing. You never get a movie with this kind of story in mid-August, when studios usually dump youth-audience dogs before the kids go back to school.
08/17/01
Top CriticA phlegmatic, middlebrow romantic drama so stodgy that even the goats look bored.
08/17/01
Top CriticWhat we get is kind of a condensed version of some of the sights and sounds of the novel, without the heart, the spirit and the juicy detail.
08/17/01
Top CriticSyrupy, violin-swollen, World War II-era love story.
08/16/01
Top CriticAs the movie methodically plods forward on a screenplay (by Shawn Slovo) consisting entirely of clichés and watered-down exposition, it becomes sadly apparent that its only reliable asset is the gorgeous view.
08/16/01
Top CriticFans will argue it's not as good as the book, but John Madden has delivered a pretty mooch around rustic, tranquil Cephallonia.
08/14/01
Top CriticWhat a droopy, disappointing film this is.
08/10/01
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