Alexandria, Egypt. 391 A.D. The World Changed Forever
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans, Richard Durden, Sami Samir, Manuel Cauchi |
Director |
Alejandro Amenábar |
Screenplay | Alejandro Amenábar |
Music | Dario Marianelli |
Cinematography | Xavi Giménez |
Editing | Nacho Ruiz Capillas |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2009 |
Produced by | Mod Producciones, Himenoptero, Telecinco Cinema, Canal+ Espana, Cinebiss |
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Genre | Historical, drama, epic |
Language | None |
Nudity | Brief non-sexual, infrequent, low impact |
Sex | None |
Violence | Moderate to strong violence, brief, fairly bloody and graphic |
Prejudice | Religious and gender prejudice in historical context |
Blasphemy | Strong in historical context |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | None |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer | 5 | |
Cape Times Natasha Senjanovic Engaging parable on religious intolerance | 10 | |
Box Office Barbera Goslawski Featuring striking panoramas and diligently orchestrated battle scenes, Agora is a feast for the eyes. | 10 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert This is a movie about ideas, a drama based on the ancient war between science and superstition. | 15 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson As philosopher and astronomer Hypatia, Weisz gamely copes with the destruction of her beloved library but Amenabar’s efforts to align the era’s religious conflicts and culture wars with those of our own become thuddingly obvious, especially once the old-school brio of Agora’s first hour has gone the way of the Roman Empire. | 5 | |
Metacritic.com 21 critics | 11 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 69 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Noble goals and a gripping performance from Rachel Weisz can't save Agora from its muddled script, uneven acting, and choppy editing. | 11 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 9536 Netizens Atheists of all the world unite! | 15 | |
Average .. 52% | 10 |