Kundun (1997)
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Reviews Counted:52
Fresh:39
Rotten:13
Average Rating:7.3/10
Reviews for Kundun
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This is the kind of film that takes the breath away. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Scorsese's rich tableau of image and music bears a potent emotional weight. Full Review |
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Kundun is surely the most gentle and meditative of Scorsese's films, a placid biography with the scope of an epic, the quality of a storybook, and the dramatic stakes of a tragedy. Full Review |
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B+ |
Disregarding commercial considerations, Scorsese's haunting meditation on Dalai Lama's early life is a majestic spectacle of images and sounds, but it's bogged down by a routine script that fails to offer fresh insights on Tibet's non-violent culture Full Review |
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There's no denying the artistry of Kundun. Its heart also appears to be in the right place. But for those like me who don't have a versed history in the modern history of Tibet or Buddhism, the scope is ultimately too big. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Scorcese has made one of his best and most personal films. Full Review |
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B+ |
Martin Scorcese has made a meditative, low key historical drama about a truly mystical figure of our modern history, departing from his usual, violence-prone flicks. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Scorsese skillfully indulges his propensity for obsessive detail. Visually, the direction is varied and exhilarating Full Review |
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A- |
Though a meditative, introspective film, Scorsese's distinctive techniques cause Kundun to pulse with life under its calm surface. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
All in all, Kundun is beautifully produced and honestly acted. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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4/4 |
Kundun is original, moving, inspiring -- and one of the best movies of the year. Full Review |
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B |
'Filmed with the approval of the 14th Dalai Lama himself, Kundun is reverential to a fault...and that fault is the film's biggest weakness.' Full Review |
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4/5 |
Kundun is both a stunning visual feast and a moving meditation on the difficulty of sustaining the Buddhist principle of nonviolence in a brutal world. Full Review |
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