Ah, where would we be without film critics? Now that the reviews are in, we know that There Be Dragons is epic, enthralling, entertaining, calamitous, compelling, strange, moving, powerful, refreshing and… buffed! And Charlie Cox, as St. Josemaría, is surprising and amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever read as many movie reviews as I’ve read in the last week. Just to save you the trouble, here are some of the more entertaining highlights. Actually, some of these comments are pretty astute.
“Powerful in the way Steven Spielberg’s epics are powerful.” – Aubrey Malone, The Irish Catholic
“This enthralling movie… includes several powerful gut-punches.” Mike Saulters, Slackerwood blog
“Demonstrat[es] an increasingly rare sense of scope and pageantry best served by the bigscreen.” – Peter Debruge, Variety
“The Battle of Madrid, rumbling across the screen, evokes a visceral response, and scenes of the Republican guerrillas being mowed down by low-swooping fascist air power give you that roller-coaster kick.” – Stephen Holden, New York Times
“Captures the beauty amid the brutality of war without forgetting that it is the individual stories of those on the ground that matter.” – Betsy Sharkey, LATimes
“There Be Dragons […] had a pretty decent budget at around $36 million, but feels more like a $100 million movie. The sets are large and well thought out and the film is actually a great period piece of a 1930s civil war torn Spain.” – Tom Clocker, Baltimore Movie Examiner
“It sounds like an old-fashioned movie and it is, the kind they don’t make anymore, with the sweep and character development of a novel, and a richly textured production design that belies its low budget…. as hagiographies go, There Be Dragons is enthralling.” – Ann Lewinson, Hardford Advocate
“As Escriva, the English actor Charlie Cox acquits himself surprisingly well. You think it’s hard being a saint? Try playing one.” – Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
“Charlie Cox… does an amazing job as Josemaria” – Kevin, Reviews St. Louis
“Like The Mission, it’s about a priest and a soldier, and if their relationship seems forced, when a movie is this entertaining it really doesn’t matter….” – Ann Lewinson, Hardford Advocate
“Dragons is a quite strange movie.” – Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
“Extremely refreshing to see the Catholic faith represented as something that inspires generosity, courage, manliness, and heroism” – Simcha Fisher, Catholic blogger
“There Be Dragons has class written all over it… the epic, hand-oiled sheen of a Major Motion Picture…. There Be Dragons is like fine wine…. It’s got it all, wrapped in a handsome package by two-time Oscar-nominated British writer-director Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields and The Mission) and buffed to a fare-thee-well.” – Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post
“Calamitous” – Stephen Holden, New York Times
“Set against the backdrop of the 1930s Spanish Civil War, There Be Dragons is a sweeping tale of saints and sinners and the thin line separating them. Written and directed by Oscar nominee Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields), it’s also a philosophical meditation disguised as a dramatic film.” – Rick Warner, Bloomberg
“It is good to see a director as talented as Roland Joffé return.” – Joe Hodes
“Luminous and thought-provoking…. a very unique movie – one that they don’t make much anymore.” Jarett Wieselman, NY Post
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen what I would call a traditional epic, and this film takes many cues from other classical epics, including the look, the stories, and the types of characters that feel quite familiar. There are many things going on here–action, romance, betrayal, and an exploration on the theme of forgiveness, which I found the film drove home quite effectively.” Win Kang, Orange County Movie Examiner
“The film’s inherent complexity blooms into a compelling cinematic vision. As with his previous films The Killing Fields and The Mission, Joffé is using the techniques of the historical epic to explore matters of the heart and soul.” – Glenn McDonald, NewsObserver
“There Be Dragons is a moving parable about forgiveness.” – Juan Manuel de Prada, Capital
“Builds to a satisfying emotional payoff between sinner and saint.” Peter Debruge, Variety
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