It is a really great story although there is a lot of mediocre acting. For its time this is an epic film that still should be looked at. The carriage race is still probably one of the best scenes in cinema ever too. Overall pretty good movie.
This review of Ben-Hur (1959) was written by Andrew T on 21 Dec 2011.
Ben-Hur has generally received very positive reviews.
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