Napoleon

Napoleon

A personal look at the French military leader’s origins and swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of Napoleon’s addictive, volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 158 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History, War
  • Stars: Tahar Rahim, Thom Ashley, David Verrey, Joaquin Phoenix, Erin Ainsworth, Jean-Pascal Heynemand, Clyde Vassallo, Vanessa Kirby, Gavin Spokes, Paul Riddell, John Hollingworth, Cesare Taurasi, Paul O'Kelly, Ludivine Sagnier, Arthur McBain, Ed Eales White, Davide Tucci, Phil Cornwell, Edouard Philipponnat, Hannah Flynn
  • Director: Ridley Scott
 Comments
  • epluribusunumusa - 27 June 2024
    Juaquin Phoenix Broods
    If you find watching Juaquin Phoenix brood as his main method of acting, you're in for a treat. This is another Juaquin Phoenix brooding movie. Another profound acting effort showing Juaquin Phoenix acting profoundly. Somewhere in the movie there is a battle at a place called Waterloo. Also, one of the female protagonists named Josephine shows off her brooding skills all while she clearly wants us to know how profound her brooding can be. If you are not into watching Juaquin Phoenix brood through about two hours of the movie, then do yourself a favor and skip this, Skip the movie - period. I mentioned a battle scene at a place called Waterloo. Given this is a major event in Napoleon's life, one expects that this battle would have received more time in the film. Yet in the movie we see only a few minutes of this battle.
  • professionaldad - 19 May 2024
    Seriously no accents?!?
    Sorry ,I'm a simple blue collar consumer, so no eloquent dissertation on the intricacies of plots or historical inaccuracies here. I was immediately limp when one of the "best actors " in the business couldn't pull off a French accent. Then realizing the entire cast was a potpourri of every European descent, reminding me of Star Wars.

    As usual , this turned out to be a love story, which I tried to appreciate.

    Overall there were some epic battle scenes. And a super dysfunctional love story which is probably accurate. It's like meeting a 10 at a bar, but speaks like a 5. You're stunned by her initial appearance, until she speaks.