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By Jacob P (601) on 01 Jul 2007

El Cid y Dona Jimena son mis idols Americanas…

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By Samuel S (272) on 25 Jun 2007

Epic tale of 11th century Spain, during the civil wars fought between the Christians and the Arab Moors. Personally, I loved the film…

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By Jason R (1,823) on 20 Jun 2007

This is probably my #1 favorite movie. It's the story of Roderigo Diaz de Bivar called El Cid (Heston)…

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By Andrew K (2,033) on 04 Jun 2007

Great epic from Mann. Heston and Loren are a perfect pairing for this kind of movie. I always love the bit where Heston Rides out into the battle…

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By Chris W (2,796) on 01 Jun 2007

Perfect and inspiring. Rodrigo Diaz is a Hero in every sense of the word…

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By Robbie H (308) on 31 May 2007

A story of one of the greatest warriors of all time…

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By Lone W (168) on 27 Apr 2007

A good film portraying the historicl events, a good performance by Charlton heston one of his best movies…

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By Scalibur W (4) on 22 Mar 2007

They just don't make them like this anymore…

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By Ricardo M (270) on 10 Dec 2006

I don't really have anything positive to say about this movie, so I will just leave it at that…

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By Bob S (742) on 13 Nov 2006

This is a decent film, but the direction leaves something to be desired…

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By Mike C (1,722) on 25 Oct 2006

Not one of Charlton Heston's best films but you grow to love him as the hero of Spain and the best scene is at the end when strapped to his…

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By T D (48) on 10 Jul 2006

Epic film with Charlton Heston in one of his best roles…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Feb 2006

A consummate entertainment rich with the romantic atmosphere of Paris in the 1950s…

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By Peter Stack (261) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 30 Oct 2005

It leaves the facts wounded and strewn haphazardly across the battlefield, but El Cid remains a flat-out terrific movie…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 04 Sep 2004

These 1950s French noirs abandon the formality of traditional crime films, the almost ritualistic obedience to formula, and show crazy stuff…

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By Lloyd Sachs (17) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 19 Sep 2003

El Cid remains a visually sumptuous film graced with a passionate score by Miklos Rozsa…

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By Ian Nathan (392) for Empire (3,446) on 04 Apr 2003

One of Heston's best work, this shows our lead at his most macho and heroic, inspiring a whole army while also managing to woo the stunning…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 04 Mar 2002

Moreau's nocturnal wanderings are made unbearably poignant by an exquisite Miles Davis jazz score that became famous in its own right…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon (312) on 22 May 1999

A tightly structured thriller with a brilliantly moody performance by Jeanne Moreau, and depending on your point of view, it's either one of…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 26 Apr 1994

It's overly long and it's overly melodramatic, but it's also a perfect example of the kind of film they just don't make anymore, because they can't…

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