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By Vincent Canby (762) for The New York Times (9,847) on 30 Sep 2020

Neither Mr. Attenborough nor John Briley, who wrote the screenplay, are particularly adventurous filmmakers…

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By Michael Blowen (47) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 25 Apr 2018

Although Gandhi may lack the depth of a more academic approach, it is an old-fashioned, inspirational ode to a man who dared to challenge military…

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By Gary Arnold (279) for Washington Post (9,851) on 05 May 2017

While literate and coherent in digest-of-history terms, the chronicle of Gandhi's remarkable career as a mass political organizer and spiritual…

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By Philip French (1,151) for The Guardian (2,969) on 20 Dec 2016

With the help of his cinematographers, Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor, Attenborough has produced a very beautiful-looking movie that is maybe…

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By Reihan Salam (2) for Slate (2,081) on 30 Aug 2013

Yes, Gandhi is a hagiography and not a nuanced, darkly shaded, or even very convincing portrait of an ambitious and deeply strange man…

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By Robert Hatch (43) for The Nation (355) on 11 Feb 2013

Richard Attenborough's Gandhi is every bit as sumptuous as everyone had expected…

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By Jay Scott (240) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 17 Aug 2010

Despite an intelligent title performance by Ben Kingsley and impressive cinematography in the manner of David Lean, this huge, clunky biopic…

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By Richard Schickel (546) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 24 Feb 2010

The director's stylistic self-denial serves to keep one's attention fastened where it belongs: on a persuasive, if perhaps debatable vision…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 27 Jun 2009

What is important about this film is not that it serves as a history lesson (although it does) but that, at a time when the threat of nuclear…

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By Douglas Pratt (121) for DVDLaser (97) on 29 Jan 2008

Ben Kingsley's title performance is amazing, particularly in the way he ages across the five decades which the film depicts…

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By Simon Crook (112) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 07 Feb 2007

Grand in scope, the best thing here is still Sir Ben Kingsley's central performance; the film will always deserve to be seen for this alone…

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By Wesley Lovell (690) for Cinema Sight (678) on 22 Dec 2006

Every bit the biopic that Patton was, Gandhi is emotionally engaging but taxing on the viewer's stamina. Ben Kingsley is astounding…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Dec 2006

Attenborough's work lacks even the undercurrent of personality that David Lean brought to his films: the film has no flavor but that of the…

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By Frances Dickinson (5) for Time Out (7,510) on 23 Jun 2006

Its faults rather pale beside the epic nature of its theme, and Kingsley's performance in the central role is outstanding…

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By Steven D. Greydanus (674) for Decent Films Guide (519) on 08 Jul 2004

Overshadowing even Ben Kingsley's astonishing, transcendent performance in his first major screen role is a larger, more formidable presence…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for About.com (1,470) on 10 Aug 2003

Solid biopic, a little long, but well done…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Netflix (481) on 07 Nov 2002

Epic tale about one man's journey down the transforming path of wisdom and peace…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 30 Aug 2002

Offers a conscience-exercising, mind-stretching, and soulful experience as it honors the great Indian leader who was an ethical giant and a visionary…

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By Dan Jardine (362) for Daily-Reviews (45) on 30 Nov 2001

Attenborough's heavy-handed direction nearly derails the film, but Kingsley's performance saves the day -- a rare thing of beauty, a joy that…

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By Pauline Kael (368) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 10 Nov 2001

Though Kingsley’s saturnine poise is much more interesting in roles which call for varying degrees of slipperiness, he nevertheless manages…

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