Queen Of The Desert (2015)

2015

128 mins

Werner Herzog directs Nicole Kidman as British explorer and archaeologist Gertrude Bell in this sweeping historial drama. Co-stars James Franco... More

Werner Herzog directs Nicole Kidman as British explorer and archaeologist Gertrude Bell in this sweeping historial drama. Co-stars James Franco and Robert Pattinson. Nominated for the Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival 2015.

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Queen Of The Desert (2015) | Ratings & Reviews

18_%80 reviews
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36_%1,388 reviews
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"There's no sense of danger, of texture, or even of a rudimentary idea of what's truly driving Gertrude Bell."

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Slant Magazine

"Maybe the most dismayingly ordinary movie Herzog has ever made."

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A.V. Club

"Laughably hollow and inert."

"Slow-moving..."

"The main flaws... are a lurching narrative coupled with dialogue awkwardness, and a blase approach to Bell's motivations."

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Los Angeles Times

"Trudges ploddingly through melodrama."

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The Washington Post

"Nicole Kidman... supplies a gravitas and emotional complexity worthy of the woman she plays."

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The New York Times

"(Queen of the Desert) is never able to communicate the complexity of the woman at its centre."

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RogerEbert.com

"A well-made invitation to nod off."

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Chicago Sun-Times

"A work that not only references the historical setting and panoramic desert compositions of David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, but the refined desire and period elegance of the Merchant Ivory canon."

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