Review of Cleopatra (1963) by Ian Nathan for Empire — 25 Jan 1974
Running at just over four hours, it is as spectacular, lush and extravagant as the studio would have liked its audience to believe. But it also has moments of mind-numbing boredom as the plot, slowed by extraneous dialogue, drags from Egypt to Rome.
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This review of Cleopatra (1963) was written by Ian Nathan and published by Empire on 25 Jan 1974.
Cleopatra has generally received positive reviews.
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