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05/22/09
Agora (2009)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:4
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins
Genre: Dramas
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; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticAgora 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
...terminally uninvolving virtually from start to finish.
09/18/09
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
A 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
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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