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By Jerry H (185) on 09 Mar 2013

No movie can be bad with Tommy Lee Jones in it!! He was robbed of a Supporting Academy Award for his role in Lincoln…

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By Grace H (121) on 09 Mar 2013

Emperor - worth seeing if you value historic perspective over Hollywood glitz by hugopaluchi Emperor is thoughtful and compelling as it tells…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 08 Mar 2013

However turgid the storytelling, Emperor makes its historic points about a widely unknown 1945 wartime episode that played out in U.S occupied…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 08 Mar 2013

It comes off as a fairly boring and on-the-nose experience that only history buffs might find intriguing and/or entertaining…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 08 Mar 2013

The mealy half-truth director Peter Webber...screenwriters Vera Blasi and David Klass settle for just winds up a waste of everyone's time…

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By Louis Black (103) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 08 Mar 2013

The film bites off much more than it can chew, raising far more issues and personalities than it can successfully weave into one overall narrative…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 08 Mar 2013

It has an understated but still-relevant message that America may reveal its best self not in its moment of military victory, but in the moments…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 08 Mar 2013

Romance is an unnecessary addition, but there's a lot more disappointment to come with this lackluster effort…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 08 Mar 2013

Webber takes a simple, classical approach that makes Emperor feel as if it could have been a movie from the period in which it takes place…

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By Justin Craig (142) for FoxNews.com (142) on 08 Mar 2013

Though Emperor is a mystery of which we already know the ending, director Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring) keeps the story moving and…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 08 Mar 2013

Just a dull procedural, with the bland Matthew Fox driving around in a jeep and asking questions and not having them answered…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 08 Mar 2013

The epigrams fly, but the movie never really takes off…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 Mar 2013

“Let’s show ’em some good old-fashioned American swagger,’’ MacArthur says on his arrival in Tokyo…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 08 Mar 2013

Some of the film's most illuminating scenes involve Aya's uncle, General Kajima (Toshiyuki Nishida), who schools Fellers on the sense of duty…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for Washington Post (9,851) on 08 Mar 2013

This drama is serious and well made but will appeal primarily to those with an interest in the devastated setting (1945 Tokyo) and the enigmatic…

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By John Hanlon (483) for John Hanlon Reviews (327) on 08 Mar 2013

A solid but unspectacular historical drama that sheds light on a little-known chapter of world history…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 08 Mar 2013

Never dawdles but rarely digs deep...set against the backdrop of impending war, when everything seems more vital and in-the-moment…

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By Jeff S (1,369) on 08 Mar 2013

A very interesting movie ... Seeing the end of world war 2 from Japan's perspective…

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By Nanette P (5) on 08 Mar 2013

Been reading the reviews on Emperor…

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By Patrick G (451) on 08 Mar 2013

I found this not only entertaining, but very moving…

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