Wheel of Time

2003

1h 20m

Documentary

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94%

18 Reviews

Tomatometer

77%

1,000+ Ratings

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Werner Herzog documents a Buddhist ritual in India.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

A respectful depiction of religious zealotry

Rated: B+

Nov 29, 2005

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Leslie Felperin

Variety

What could end up feeling like a by-the-numbers Discovery Channel docu is enlivened considerably by wry asides from the helmer.

Jul 22, 2005

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Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

The director made his name in the '70s with a series of intense fictional films, but he's also proven a fascinating documentarian.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 22, 2005

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Maria Garcia

Film Journal International

Wheel of Time is flawed because Herzog attempts to illustrate faith through the exercise of faithfulness. He runs after the poetry of Buddhism and it eludes him.

Mar 1, 2007

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Jeffrey Chen

Window to the Movies

Herzog clearly communicates an outsider-looking-in status in Wheel of Time.

Rated: 7/10

Jul 6, 2006

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Becalmed yet electrifying.

Rated: A

Jun 24, 2006

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Pete L

Season 2 is much improved over a shaky start with Season 1 (which I still enjoyed but faced some issue with covid/cast etc). Looking forward to season 3

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/11/23

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charles v

just good enough to keep me watching. not satisfying whatsoever. Why was everyone constantly crying?

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/05/23

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Chani L

It was an interesting film, recommend. Seemed off on some of the messages, but overall worth my time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/04/22

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dannyel k

As TV series enthusiast I have watched a lot of content. This one despite its decent budget failed miserably. The source material was thrown in the trash. It's loosely based on book, they kept the character names (personalities not so much). I would admit there is attention to detail and some major things from the book were kept as well. However everything in between was thrown under the bus. If you have ever read the books do yourself a favor and listen to the audio books instead of watching this sad excuse of a TV show. Producers will never learn from the failures of Game of Thrones and what happens when you go too far away from the source material.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Too much has changed from book and for no good reason character's for most let's face it apart from Rand all look wrong from book. Few offers. 1. Moraine is suddenly in a gay and in relationship with the Amilin Chair why.? Was better way originally was. 2. Now dragon reborn can be any of them even females.?? Really books put as fact early on and Said often, that would be reborn as a male that channels the male side if the power. (Why change this when already Great. ) There just a few reasons why fans of original works and books may find this dossapoiting. Will say that the acting is good and picture is great if can find HD version, should probably say roughly based on book series as goes of from it a lot. I'll end hear as don't won't to go on about all found wrong or just frustratingly no sense changes made extra.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

I enjoy watching this show but one thing that stands out to me is the Aes Sedai are supposed to look young and ageless. All the ones on the show look old as dirt. From Moraine to Leandrin and even Siuane Sanche all look old and not ageless.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/10/21

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Synopsis

Werner Herzog documents a Buddhist ritual in India.

Director: Werner Herzog
Producer: André Singer
Screenwriter: Werner Herzog
Production Co: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Arte, West Park Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 24, 2021
Runtime: 1h 20m

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