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The Ten Commandments

1956

Cecil B. DeMille

Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson ...

7.4

17,769

Adventure. Drama To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, condemning all first-born Hebrew males, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri, as well as the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	James Powers The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is, in many ways, the summit of screen achievement. It is not just a great and powerful motion picture, although it is that; it is also a new human experience"	POS
United Kingdom	Alex von Tunzelmann The Guardian	"In terms of accuracy about Moses and his time, 'The Ten Commandments' is patchy (...) Nonetheless, it is a fascinating historical film"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Tunney Empire	"This holds up much better than most other religious epics (...) Somehow, despite all its obvious crassness, 'The Ten Commandments' is a great film (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Eric Henderson Slant	"[Baxter] carries the film through its somewhat tepid first few hours before DeMille the ringmaster starts firing on all cylinders (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"[It] is full of the absurdities and vulgarities one expects, but it isn't boring for a minute"	NEU
United States	Variety	"The opening Biblical scenes of 'The Ten Commandments' are irresistible in their assembly, breadth, color and direction (...) Cecil B. DeMille puts in a thrill here"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr The New York Times	"If DeMille’s direction of individual actors often seems quaint in 'The Ten Commandments,' his epic choreography of his fabled thousands of extras remains dazzling."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Freedman Radio Times	"This masterpiece of heroic vulgarity represents the Hollywood epic at the peak of its all-American powers (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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