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The Four Feathers

Adventure. Drama. Romance Set in 1884 Sudan, this fifth film to be adapted from the A.E.W. Mason novel follows a British officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, his friends and fiancée give him four white feathers, the symbol of cowardice, but little do they know he's actually going undercover and plans to redeem his honor.
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New York Post
New York Post
"Splendidly spectacular, intelligent and very well-acted." POS
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"It's a pretty compelling yarn, not to mention full of pretty pictures, and yet it could be so much more than that." NEU
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AV Club
AV Club
"Ledger is a charismatic, conflicted hero (...) and Kapur makes the most of Africa's breathtaking desert, crafting a gorgeous spectacle" POS
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Boston Globe
Boston Globe
"Still as moth-eaten as a Bengal tiger rug on the floor of a London men's club." NEG
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
"It should have been an old-fashioned rouser, and sometimes it is (...) But Kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities" POS
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"It looks good, it moves quickly and it is often a jolly good time (...) The less you know about the British Empire and human nature, the more you will like it" NEU
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
"The bad news is that it's not a very good movie, with three fine performances and two great sequences." NEU
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The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
"Pretty costumes, pretty soldiers, pretty battles; pretty silly" NEU
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