El Cid (1961) - Movie Reviews - Page 8 of 9

141-160 of 172 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of El Cid (1961)

By Jacob P (601) on 01 Jul 2007

El Cid y Dona Jimena son mis idols Americanas…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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)…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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

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

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

By Robbie H (308) on 31 May 2007

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

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

By Scalibur W (4) on 22 Mar 2007

They just don't make them like this anymore…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

By Bob S (742) on 13 Nov 2006

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

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

By T D (48) on 10 Jul 2006

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

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Review of El Cid (1961)

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…

Read Review

Page 8 of 9

More reviews of this movie:

El Cid (1961) Critic Reviews (28)
El Cid (1961) User Reviews (144)

Perhaps you were looking for:

The Sword of El Cid (1962)

Charlton Heston - Top 5 movies:

Raf Vallone - Top 5 movies:

Gary Raymond - Top 5 movies:

Movies you might like:

Boiler Room

2000

60%491 Reviews

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

60%437 Reviews

The Marine

2006

53%497 Reviews

The War of the Worlds

1953

71%480 Reviews

Soldier Blue

1970

69%46 Reviews

Witness

1985

76%571 Reviews

Twilight

2008

58%995 Reviews

The Longest Day

1962

78%518 Reviews

The Four Feathers

2002

63%543 Reviews

The Mask of Zorro

1998

70%582 Reviews

Up Close & Personal

1996

63%166 Reviews

The Sting

1973

84%651 Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

El Cid

1961

74%172 Reviews

Dying Breed

2008

49%125 Reviews

A Beautiful Mind

2001

81%934 Reviews

Serial Mom

1994

67%523 Reviews

Clear and Present Danger

1994

71%548 Reviews

Gattaca

1997

77%786 Reviews

Get Shorty

1995

73%530 Reviews

Treasure Planet

2002

71%897 Reviews

Snake Eyes

1998

46%504 Reviews

Crimson Peak

2015

65%1,138 Reviews