Alexander
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Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
What critics thought
Alexander was savaged by critics on release, who found it a ponderous, talky biopic that prioritized historical narration over dramatic momentum. The central complaint was that Stone had made something closer to a documentary than a film, draining both the battles and the characters of emotional charge. Notably, an extended cut released a decade later earned at least some retrospective appreciation.
“[W]e welcome the scenes of battle, pomp and circumstance because at least for a time we are free of the endless narration of Ptolemy the historian.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Oliver Stone's Alexander is at best an honorable failure, an intelligent and ambitious picture that crucially lacks dramatic flair and emotional involvement. Dry and academic where Troy (2004) was vulgar and willfully ahistorical”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
War, History, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Oliver StoneDirector
Colin FarrellAlexander
Angelina JolieOlympias
Val KilmerPhilip
Jared LetoHephaistion
Jonathan Rhys MeyersCassander
Anthony HopkinsOld Ptolemy
Jessie KammYoung Alexander
Christopher PlummerAristotle
Connor PaoloYoung Alexander
Peter WilliamsonYoung Nearchus
Morgan Christopher FerrisYoung Cassander
VangelisComposer
Christopher KyleWriter
Laeta KalogridisWriter
Rodrigo PrietoCinematographyAlexander
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
What critics thought
Alexander was savaged by critics on release, who found it a ponderous, talky biopic that prioritized historical narration over dramatic momentum. The central complaint was that Stone had made something closer to a documentary than a film, draining both the battles and the characters of emotional charge. Notably, an extended cut released a decade later earned at least some retrospective appreciation.
“[W]e welcome the scenes of battle, pomp and circumstance because at least for a time we are free of the endless narration of Ptolemy the historian.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Oliver Stone's Alexander is at best an honorable failure, an intelligent and ambitious picture that crucially lacks dramatic flair and emotional involvement. Dry and academic where Troy (2004) was vulgar and willfully ahistorical”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
War, History, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Oliver StoneDirectorColin FarrellAlexanderAngelina JolieOlympiasVal KilmerPhilipJared LetoHephaistionJonathan Rhys MeyersCassanderAnthony HopkinsOld PtolemyJessie KammYoung AlexanderChristopher PlummerAristotleConnor PaoloYoung AlexanderPeter WilliamsonYoung NearchusMorgan Christopher FerrisYoung CassanderVangelisComposerChristopher KyleWriterLaeta KalogridisWriterRodrigo PrietoCinematographyRent & Buy