CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Chris Kaltenbach - Baltimore Sun

Lawrence Toppman - Charlotte Observer

Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune

David Sterrit - Christian Science Monitor

Glenn Kenny - Premiere Magazine

Sean Axmaker - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Desson Thomson - Washington Post

Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

Steven Rea - Philadelphia Inquirer

G. Allen Johnson - Film Threat

Marjorie Baumgarten - Austin Chronicle

Wesley Morris - Boston Globe

Liam Lacey - Globe & Mail

Jami Bernard - NY Daily News

James Berardinelli - ReelViews

DUELING CRITICS

"A movie that lives up to all the nobility of its title, a gift to movie audiences who cherish the opportunity to be transported to a heretofore unimagined world and absorbed totally into what happens there...A grand and exhilarating epic"

- Chris Kaltenbach

"If there's a drawback, it's that the plot is trite...Character development is almost non-existent, acting is muted...and the film's attempt at forging an emotional bond between the audience and its protagonists falls short of the goal"

- James Berardinelli