Cromwell

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Cromwell

G

Released Oct 26, 1970

2h 25m

History

Drama

Biography

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In 1640s England, King Charles I (Alec Guinness) is engaged in a power struggle with Parliament, and civil war seems imminent to House of Commons member Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), who's preparing to depart for the American colonies. When he's asked to stay to fight for the Parliamentary cause, however, Cromwell agrees and proves himself a brilliant leader of the Roundhead army. Soon, it's up to him to lead his army to victory over the king's Cavaliers and take back England for the people.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Harris, as Cromwell, schleps around the kingdom reciting epigrams and looking distracted. He doesn't inhabit the role or even seem to care much about it.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

The script [has] bitten off a more complex slice of history than it can hope to chew.

Jul 18, 2018

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

An impressive cast of Brit thespians yelling dialogue in that declamatory manner that clues you in on the fact that this is important stuff.

Rated: 3/5

May 12, 2010

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 3/5

Oct 6, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 23, 2005

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Tony Mastroianni

Cleveland Press

Cromwell is an excellent historical spectacle movie, the kind of lavishly mounted picture that film observers keep saying are gone forever because of the high costs of making them.

Nov 20, 2003

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Jim P

As a piece of British history this is a great movie. I can't vouch for the accuracy though. The acting of the lead role is breathtaking!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/22/24

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nikola m

Tho it may be boring to overstimulated kids today I personally am blown away by the acting skill of all actors. Except Richard Harris, I never heard before for any of them. I too expected it to be boring, cold and monotone. To a point it maybe is but to me it shows cold emotionless atmosphere of puritan way of interpreting human life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/19/24

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Eye C

An interesting history lesson about that time when England stop being a monarchy. I enjoyed it very much.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/24

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Bill T

A religious war epic to take someone who doesn't like these type of fillms.. You know, so they can further despise you. Never knew the tale of Oliver Cromwell, a man who despised the king so much, he organized a civil war to unseat the king, and then England didnt quite know what to do with itself. Anyways, Richard Harris does a good job in playing the titular character, and it's war scenes against Alex Guinness (!!) are quite well done... But this moves at a snail's pace, and could have used a wee bit more editing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/02/23

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j f

Watch it annually, every March 17th. Suck it Irish. Real tragedy Cromwell was born a century or two too early, He would have made a real American hero. I lived in Northampton, England for a couple years. Few things make me more proud than to support their legacy of shoemakers, who cobbled an estimated 6000 boots for the New Model Army.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/09/23

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Jim S

Good cast, earnest acting, although no one's really committing to the part, sadly. Costumes and cinematography are great. Pretty dull. Not great.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Oliver Cromwell

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Synopsis

In 1640s England, King Charles I (Alec Guinness) is engaged in a power struggle with Parliament, and civil war seems imminent to House of Commons member Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), who's preparing to depart for the American colonies. When he's asked to stay to fight for the Parliamentary cause, however, Cromwell agrees and proves himself a brilliant leader of the Roundhead army. Soon, it's up to him to lead his army to victory over the king's Cavaliers and take back England for the people.

Director: Ken Hughes
Producer: Irving Allen
Screenwriter: Ken Hughes
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia
Rating: G
Genre: History, Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 26, 1970, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Runtime: 2h 25m

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