Review of Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) by Juuso R — 14 Dec 2010

Don't watch this if you don't have to.

This review of Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) was written by Juuso R on 14 Dec 2010.

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery has generally received negative reviews.

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By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 02 May 2014

George Corraface would look more comfortable in a Calvin Klein underwear ad than at the helm of a ship…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

This movie takes one of history's great stories and treats it in such a lackluster manner that Columbus' voyage seems as endless to us as it…

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By Vincent Canby (762) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 May 2003

Expensive, sloppy and, at its most ambitious, a frail reminder of the Warner Brothers swashbucklers that Michael Curtiz used to turn out with…

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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000

What it offers is a portrait of the Genoan visionary as sea hunk, and manages to make the portentous moment of discovery, the setting of feet…

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By Aaron R (726) on 24 May 2006

For a better adaptation of Columbus' story watch the lengthy 1492: Conquest of Paradise with Gerard Depardieu…

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By Zé L (12) on 16 Aug 2014

It's crap, but I liked it much better than that thing Ridley Scott made. It has none of that liberal guilt or glorification of Islam…

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By Lisa Nesselson (145) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Mar 2009

John Glen's take on the Genovese explorer adds up to perfectly serviceable commercial entertainment -- there are a few moments where Kirk Douglas…

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By Chris Hicks (618) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Jan 2000

If this film were less superficial it might warrant some analysis about the way the character of Columbus is portrayed. But it's all so silly…

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By James M (2,946) on 23 Mar 2009

Most of the movie is taken up with Columbus' attempt to persuade Spain to finance his voyage and the actual journey itself, the last forty…

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Review of Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)

By Robert S (1,498) on 09 Dec 2012

I liked the movie but it hurts very badly acted Georges Corraface as Christopher Columbus. Timothy Dalton was better…

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