Review of Ben-Hur (2016) by Tim Grierson for Screen International — 16 Aug 2016
Timur Bekmambetov’s Ben-Hur remake offers robust spectacle and some decent performances. But ultimately, the director of Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is, perhaps unsurprisingly, not the ideal filmmaker to capture this timeless story’s more nuanced emotional range.
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This review of Ben-Hur (2016) was written by Tim Grierson and published by Screen International on 16 Aug 2016.
Ben-Hur has generally received mixed reviews.
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