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There Be Dragons

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An investigative journalist (Dougray Scott) unearths secrets about his father's (Wes Bentley) ties to the controversial founder (Charlie Cox) of Opus Dei.
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Joe Neumaier New York Daily News Joffe, working from his own script, presents the men's lives as evidence of difficult choices, but this pedantic movie is never fully invested in any of them. Rated: 2/5 May 7, 2011 Full Review Alonso Duralde Movies.com Putting aside the many aesthetic problems with this overwrought, over-narrated, and overacted movie, the politics of There Be Dragons make very little sense. Rated: 1/5 May 6, 2011 Full Review Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor Few films about the Spanish Civil War have been any good -- Pan's Labyrinth being the big exception. Rated: C- May 6, 2011 Full Review Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner There's a great film to be made about Josemaria Escriva, the founder of the controversial Opus Dei. There are more great films to be made about the complicated Spanish Civil War. This movie, however, is neither. Rated: 2/5 Jan 8, 2019 Full Review Kiko Martinez San Antonio Current It's unfortunate director Roland Joff fails to capture real emotion and passion within the religious narrative. Without that perspective, there's no way he can breathe any life into the biopic, much less fire. Rated: D Jan 29, 2018 Full Review Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter The cinematography is gorgeous, the art direction excellent, and the historical sequences, including the battle scenes, seem quite authentic. The visual parallel narrative structure, the subtleness of the religious imagery, works well. Jun 29, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alan M In this age of extreme doubt and self-centered bitterness and self-loathing, this film punches you in the gut and makes you take a good, deep look into yourself, and the motivations of your own actions. Some people probably find this too hard or disturbing to do, which may account for the very low rating this film has on this site. It is a gritty portrayal of the reality of the Spanish Civil War -- and all wars. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review mark g Yikes! There is terrible and then there is There Be Dragons. One of the worst films I have ever seen. Terrible acting, no direction, pathetic story. This was a smoking pile of sh.... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review Marvin F I liked it. A bit melodramatic or syrupy but the movie kept me engaged and made me feel emotions. It was also beautifully shot and I thought well acted despite the aforementioned. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/16/24 Full Review Mum L Cinematography: excellent. Direction: very good. Dialogue: needed refining. Acting: some very good, some needed refining. Music: obsessive, distracting. I enjoyed the movie as I am a fan of both Charlie Cox and Olga Kurylenko, but the music was overbearing and constant. I was tempted to turn off the sound; then the film would have been a better experience considering the dialogue was predictable. Still worth the effort for the history behind it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Audience Member What a dirge of a movie. Trying to be an epic film about the Spanish War, the Catholic church and the unearthing of grave secrets...it really doesn't hit any of those points well. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/03/23 Full Review Audience Member I felt nothing during this entire movie -wait, that's not true - I felt that it was trying way too hard to elicit emotions. Not least of all in this regard (in this overbearing leftist suck-fest) was the sappy over-the-top score that was more like an musical assault than artistic support. "The strings say FEEL something!! - FEEL SOMETHING!!!!!!" Nauseating... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Roland Joffé

Director

Charlie Cox

Josemaria

Wes Bentley

Manolo

Dougray Scott

Robert

Unax Ugalde

Pedro

Olga Kurylenko

Ildiko

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Movie Info

Synopsis An investigative journalist (Dougray Scott) unearths secrets about his father's (Wes Bentley) ties to the controversial founder (Charlie Cox) of Opus Dei.
Director
Roland Joffé
Producer
Ignacio Gómez-Sancha, Roland Joffé, Ignacio Núñez
Screenwriter
Roland Joffé
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Co
Antena 3 Films
Rating
PG-13 (Violence and Combat Sequences|Thematic Elements|Some Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 6, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.1M
Runtime
2h 0m
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