Dazzling but disjointed, ambitious but unconvincing, Mirzya stumbles under the weight of its own epic aspirations.
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The life-and-death stakes are there, but the people involved — while uniformly ravishing to gaze upon — are too wanly sketched for this melodrama to pump much blood.
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The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Even those who know Mirza Sahiba may have a hard time reconciling the way this decorous present-tense melodrama is juxtaposed with pompous period flashbacks to that story.
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The New York Times by Ken Jaworowski
Sure, the filmmakers overdo their work. But it’s all in the service of love, and somehow that makes it O.K.