Napoleon

"Like a Michelin-starred meal that someone forgot to season, Ridley Scott’s beefy account of Napoleon’s rise to power looks great, is served with some panache, but crucially lacks flavour (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"A Film That Works Better as a Comedy Than a Historical Epic (...) Those worried about a glorification of the dictator needn't have feared. (...) this film utterly humiliates the one-time Emperor of France. (...) A stinging character study entombed within a sweeping epic" 

"But for all its brawn and atmosphere and robustly choreographed combat, this is a distended historical tapestry too sprawling to remain compelling, particularly when its focus veers away from the central couple" 

"The 'Gladiator' director naturally fares far better with the many fight sequences (...) However it’s too bad Scott could not deliver a brilliant character study of one of the world’s great military leaders (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"The film gives us a clear sense of Napoleon’s inflated vanity and self-doubt, but it’s so intent on ridiculing him that one wonders why Scott and screenwriter David Scarpa insisted on making this a sweeping epic that covers so much of his life (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"While the dynamic between a stoic Joaquin Phoenix and smoldering Vanessa Kirby intrigues, the French emperor’s strange relationship with Josephine distracts from the director’s specialty: epic war footage" 

"Joaquin Phoenix riveting in the title role of director Ridley Scott’s violent, sometimes hilarious epic (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"