Cleopatra
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Movie Reviews of Cleopatra
Movie Review: Cast as history's ultimate femme fatale, Liz Taylor certainly appeared to be reinforcing life...
Summary: 4 Stars
Taylor stole the spotlight from Cleopatra; she was grander in her own person than she was on screen as someone else... It isn't big or intelligent or daring enough, but her interpretation of the Empress is not without some charm and some fire...
Mankiewicz shaped the characterization to suit her... The movie follows her from the father-daughter romance with Caesar to the tempestuous man-woman contretemps with Marc Antony...
The forty-million-dollar epic is constructed as a series of views of the Taylor woman complaining and making her way into Caesar's bed, to ruler of the world, and to the human being who was too much for Marc Anthony...
Taylor is much better in the first part... As the cunning, nubile daughter to Caesar's wise father, she's quite pleasing... She can handle the sardonic cracks and the little girl petulance... Though, of course, Rex Harrison's courtly insouciance helps to shape her own performance...
She's expected to do much more acting as the womanly, passion-driven Queen, but she's more in control of the character when she's playing Caesar's pupil rather than Marc Anthony's teacher... Her high comedy exchanges with Harrison have quiet authority; her doomed romance with Burton never ignites...
Movie Review: A classic epic
Summary: 4 Stars
This version of Cleopatra is great eye candy. The costumes, sets, and total production are breathtaking, especially considering everything was done without computers. This set has excellent restored visual quality, so the sharpness of image leaves nothing to be desired.
Though the performances are good enough, I think modern day versions of this ageless story are better, like in HBO's Rome.
In any event a great epic that is enjoyable to watch again and again.
Movie Review: Cleopatra not Shakespeare
Summary: 4 Stars
The film is a true spectacle. More beautiful than beautifully acted, in my opinion. Elizabeth Taylor gives a modern day twist to the character of Cleopatra, with her sly winks and smiles, she seems to be more down to earth and blatatantly flirty than one would expect a monarch to be. The sets are fantastic, also the acting of the two male leads. I had hoped that this film would follow the Shakespeare play, Antony and Cleopatra, but it is nothing like the play.Movie Review: Cleopatra
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie reflects real historical events. The ancient reality is represented a veracious manner and the play of the actors is excellent.Movie Review: Classic beauty
Summary: 4 Stars
I think Elizabeth Taylor was fabulous in this film. While the story does not hold entirely true to history, it is still a great epic.