Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.
Bandit Queen has generally received positive reviews.
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Bandit Queen was released in 1994 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 58 reviews, giving Bandit Queen (1994) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 80% and users giving an average score of 77%.
With a score of 74%, Bandit Queen is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1994, which stands at 58%.
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