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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc(Joan of Arc)

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France, Czech Republic · 1999
Rated R · 2h 38m
Director Luc Besson
Starring Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, John Malkovich
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War

In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. This film follows her mission to reclaim God's diminished kingdom until her violent and untimely death.

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San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann

Isn't some sober history lesson that bogs down in long speeches and tedious facts. It's about style, it's about fashion, it's about rock 'n' roll busting out in medieval France.

60

Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector

Luc Besson--and Andrew Birkin wrote the pandering, adolescent screenplay for this pseudosubversive hagiography, and nearly every scene screams out its sensationalist intent, though few actually achieve the status of spectacle.

50

USA Today by Mike Clark

Has a three-way split personality, which happily includes an action-packed middle to ease the pain of its early protracted exposition and later action so slow that you'll be asking "Gotta match?" to the person next to you.

70

Time by Richard Schickel

A lively, nutty film, one full of clumsy, clanging battles filmed by the gifted, eccentric Besson with bloody brio.

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