Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

  • U (INDIA)
  • 2001


MOVIE IS elusive entertaining musical divergent innocent
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Positive Reviews 21
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 4.1/5
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4.5
The actors all do a remarkable job of lending a strong measure of believability and humor to their archetypal characters. Austin Chronicle
4.4
Watching the film, we feel familiarity with the characters and the show down, but the setting and the production style is fresh and exciting. Rogerebert
4.4
But at four hours (with an intermission), its not nearly as slow as Crouching Tiger, which alienated many hard core kung fu fans with its artiness and .. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
The hero is very heroic and the villains very evil.The musical numbers are very strange. Lariat
4.0
It seems impossible that an epic four hour Indian musical about a cricket game could be this good, but it is (then again, of course, its not just abou .. News Review
5.0
Lagaan is very entertaining, a complete Bollywood experience and a possible Oscar contender. View London
4.0
Even cricket aficionados will be disappointed in what turns out to be a very long but conventional movie. Daniel Eagan Film Journal
4.2
Lagaan may be fluff on a grand scale, but its been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our Hollywood has all but lost. Ew
5.0
Awhirl with colour and magnificence it is beautifully shot and long but never stretched, this is a film that will contradict every prejudice you might .. Empire
5.0
The picture is a technically modest and mildly entertaining diversion. Sf Gate
5.0
Lagaan is anything but standard Bollywood fodder, and is the first must see of the Indian summer.A movie that will have you laughing and crying, but l .. Bbc
3.1
Beyond Lagaans incredibly long dry spells are the fabulous Bollywood musical numbers that celebrate the films broad intertexual themes. Slant Magazine
4.4
Raimi resists the easy jokiness that is the pitfall of the comic to screen territory, and the film is the better for it. Mr Brown Movies
4.0
Movies offer us wildly divergent stories with vivid, close up emotions, and so did the six fimmakers we invited to take part in the Envelope Directors .. Calendar Live
3.8
Bollywood has embraced the musical, and spunky Lagaan takes it to the limit The old fashioned musical may have fallen from favor in the so called soph .. Seattle Pi
5.0
But if you rent the DVD so you can see it in widescreen, and give the movie your undivided attention, I promise youll have an absolute ball! Spliced Wire
3.1
This epic length period piece (its a few minutes shy of four hours) was a blockbuster in its home country, but whether audiences here will be interest .. Deseret News
4.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie. Window To The Movies
1.5
In the second and final extract from his book The Spirit of Lagaan, producer Satyajit Bhatkal tells how he had to try to calm 800 angry extras, and lo .. Film Guardian
3.8
Why new Lions DT Harrison is nicknamed Snacks Why new Lions DT Harrison is nicknamed Snacks The Detroit Lions bolstered their struggling run defense o .. Freep
3.8
The films more interested in providing sheer audience entertainment though than teaching us anything about cricket or politics. Movie Martyr
4.4
A great big Bollywood musical, complete with song and dance and doomed love triangles and elegantly photographed men playing cricket. And its terrific .. Seattle Times
2.5
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