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Queen Of The Desert
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2015
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Queen Of The Desert
Positive Reviews
21
Negative reviews
42
Average Rating
2.3
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2.0
Though it has the potential makings of an urgent dramatic thriller, Salt And Fire never puts urgency or drama or thrills on the agenda.
Av Club
2.0
But the paint by numbers feel of this biographical overview never threatens to dig deeper.What, at the end of all this, remains but for Bells own enig ..
Rogerebert
1.3
It isnt quite enough, though.And while Kidman is dedicated to the role, this is one of her most pallid performances in recent memory.
Rogerebert
2.0
Its rather confounding that one of the worlds boldest, most curious filmmakers could take a bold, curious subject like Gertrude Bell and make such a d ..
Common Sense Media
3.0
If so, Queen of the Desert is what the no nonsense Miss Bell whod surely have despised this picture might call a bloody funny way of going about it.
Indie Wire
4.0
In his career, Herzog has seldom been accused of subtlety, but this particular narrative is actually so understated, it will have to be handled as a s ..
Variety
2.0
It is grown up, respectable and historical, perfectly competently made, lots of accents and period dressing up and just the tiniest bit dull.
The Guardian
2.5
All the film adds up to, unfortunately, is a sweeping romantic epic made with barely any persuasive romantic feeling underpinning it.
0.0
Throughout Queen of the Deserts narrative, theres no sense of danger, of texture, or even of a rudimentary idea of whats truly driving Gertrude Bell.
1.9
(Lena Herzog/IFC Films) Though Kidman delivers a workmanlike performance, the story manages to be soppy and ploddingly dull, told via a screenplay tha ..
3.0
An old fashioned sense of melodramatic romance and adventure permeates the whole film.
Screen Daily
1.5
Also passionless, Franco isnt given anything meaty from Herzog the screenwriter.
Collider
1.0
This film is an astonishing miscalculation and all the chuckles feel, sadly, correct.
Collider
2.5
All this is told in plodding old school fashion, often with regrettable dialogue.
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Filmmakers can be the victims of their own histories, and its tempting to knock Queen of the Desert for not being Aguirre, the Wrath of God or Fitzcar ..
The New York Times
2.0
The film is amusingly top heavy with its smooching trysts, star power and extravagant desert vistas.
Telegraph
2.5
Like something you peer at rather than absorb, Salt and Fire is both awful and a tad fascinating.
2.0
Unfortunately it isnt enough to really fuel any real heart or vitality into this bland script.
JoBlo
4.0
It brings to the surface the fears that are buried deep within ourselves.
Spirituality And Practice
1.5
Werner Herzogs latest narrative feature is a failure of such a baffling degree that it may leave you wondering whether he suffered sunstroke in the de ..
Village Voice
3.0
10 1 6 / 10 In a case of weird timing, Queen of the Desert is actually the second Werner Herzog film released this week.
Blu Ray
4.5
Bell was an extraordinary figure, tailor made for a dazzling presence like Kidman, but Werner Herzog, directing his own script, unwisely structures Be ..
Chicago Reader
1.9
The story is mostly formless and, as a result, rather disorienting.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
Unfortunately, the lavish production, exotic locales and Kidmans gorgeous costumes are hindered by an old fashioned biopic style.
2.0
Unfortunately, the lavish production, exotic locales and Kidmans gorgeous costumes are hindered by an old fashioned biopic style.
3.0
We are never quite sure whether the film is intended as an epic weepie or a character study of a visionary British eccentric.
Independent
1.0
Herzog has such a perverse sense of humor that this movie could very well be a deadpan practical joke.
News Day
4.0
Considering the extreme dangers this indomitable woman faced, Herzogs script frankly casts Bell as a bit of a superhero.
Film Journal
4.0
Have you heard that there is a new movie, a sweeping biopic of a major historical figure, written and directed by Werner Herzog, starring Nicole Kidma ..
3.1
Kidman doesnt have a great deal of chemistry with either Franco or Lewis, and as a result, their relationships never achieve the intensity and smolder ..
Q Network
2.0
So quite why writer director Herzog, in his first narrative film in six years, has decided to frame her achievements inside a rather schmaltzy romanti ..
Flim List
3.5
The result is a meandering film of disjointed experiences, albeit interesting and beautifully filmed.
2.5
Helmed by Werner Herzog with that heavyweight cast, it should have been so much better.
Susang Ranger
2.0
It really does kind of sting absolutely trashing a Werner Herzog film this badly, but it is a catastrophic disaster.
Flickering Myth
2.0
Werner Herzog is a cinematic legend whose considerable achievements go back nearly 50 years.
Boston Herald
3.0
Neither actor is able to assume the material with conviction and the fact that Kidman is unmistakably middle aged and over a decade older than Franco ..
The Film Stage
1.9
The script Herzog himself has written to dramatize Bells life, and the film he has made from that script, is laughably hollow and inert.
Boston Globe
2.0
But then this is Herzog delivering, of all things, an old fashioned star vehicle designed to show off the Beauty and Range of its lead.
Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
The dialogue is written in a sort of rigid formality that completely defeats the actors, although its hard to tell if the performances are deliberatel ..
Las Vegas Weekly
2.0
Nicole Kidman, Hollywood glamorous in all circumstances, plays Bell as an entirely modern heroine unfortunately relocated to a distant land, long ago.
Standard
2.5
It is a beautiful yet oddly lifeless drama, one that rarely engages the senses or provokes an emotional response.
Movie Freak
3.0
Despite Kidmans best efforts, almost nothing clicks on an emotional level, and the movie passes as slowly as sand through an hourglass.At one point, B ..
Detroit News
3.0
For moviegoers looking to lose themselves in an old school epic, Queen Of The Desert certainly fits the bill. But as a celebration of the life of a fe ..
Herald Sun
2.0
Though Nicole Kidman gives it her all, a torrent of clinical cliches and passion free romantic clutches keeps washing away any hard won points for eff ..
Herald Sun
2.0
It takes the viewer out of the story and cheapens it accordingly.
Hey U Guys
3.5
The one substantial thing Queen Of The Desert has going for it is Peter Zeitlingers cinematography: its exquisitely beautiful.But its not enough.
Film Ink
2.5
It is a surprisingly conservative reckoning of what was a fascinating life.
The Age
2.5
Herzogs technique has grown more slipshod than ever, with dialogue scenes mechanically staged in lengthy master shots or alternating close ups.
The Age
2.0
Its more Herzogs mawkish script, teed up with cringe inducing awkwardness when Bell meets James Francos pretty English diplomat Henry Cadogan.
Cine Vue
1.5
Its a portrait of a daring woman from a daring filmmaker thats far from bold.
Film Racket
3.0
But theres no getting past the flimsiness of a movie thats too often as dry as the Arabian sands.
Patriot Ledger
2.5
Sometimes theres a spark of romance, sometimes not.Even when theres a spark, it hardly ignites into good old fashioned, steamy, historical romance pas ..
Chicago Sun Times
1.0
If memory serves, its also the directors first story to unfold from a womans point of view.The timing couldnt be better.
Sandiego Reader
1.8
It lacks even the remotest hook beyond curiosity about the primary subject, and even that fades.
Under The Radar Mag
2.0
But Everything Will Be Fine constantly sidesteps this dramatic nub.
Movie Mezzanine
4.5
She embodies an innovators curiosity, the endearing quality of a person fascinated by life and her rapidly changing world, who doesnt regard Western ( ..
Film Journal International ..
1.9
After sitting through a movie like Dead Men Tell No Tales, you dont want to rush out and tell your friends to rent it you just want to take a nap.
Clclt
1.0
Its just too bad the actors literally stand in the way of true greatness.
Fresh Fiction
2.5
It succeeds neither as a Herzog film nor as a portrait of an extraordinary woman.
The Australian
1.5
Written and directed by the man himself, Queen of the Desert is surprisingly bare of any emotion, lacking the weight and the passion needed to hold up ..
Cairo 360
2.5
Its a great story, but the movie has a flatness that cant be denied.
Sf Chronicle
2.5
Such is the price of reigning in idiosyncrasy: Herzog seldom has made a movie this sparkless and generic in its feel.
Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
3.0
Theres a great film waiting to be made about Gertrude Bell, a unique, multitalented individual not adequately captured in Queen of the Desert.
Kdhx
2.0
The whole colonial adventure is merely a colourful backdrop for a standard period melodrama about the two tragic loves of Bells life.
Bbc
1.5
Gertrude Bells story is fascinating and deserves to get a big screen treatment. Unfortunately this is not the movie that does justice to her influence ..
Movies and Shakers
2.5
Too often, were being told what happened to Bell, rather than shown it and, as a result, the movie feels boring even though a lot happens in it.
Twin Cities
2.0
Its melodrama is stodgy, its dialogue laugh out loud corny and its politics uncomfortably dated.
Junkee
1.5
The great adventurer doesnt receive a great cinematic treatment after all.
Bangkok Post
1.5
You feel like youre watching a rote period film on television, but with an inexplicably star powered cast.
Lagniappe Mobile
3.0
Its not that the movie needs to be crazy and Kidman is not crazy; its that the film struggles within itself and is unable to determine what to do: whe ..
Mubi
1.0
Unfortunately Queen of the Desert is the worst kind of bad.Its just boring.
Nerd Report
1.5
However, Herzog doesnt make much of an effort to depict Bells travels or interactions with any sense of narrative arc, goal, or even coherence.
2.0
She doesnt so much argue, cry or rage as much as lie languidly and perfectly framed at her fathers feet.
North Shore News (Vancouve ..
4.5
The small scale film isnt the most cinematic experience, which isnt a bad thing.
Goomba Stomp
1.5
A strongly conventional film that ends up sinking into irreparable lethargy.
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