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By Amy Nicholson (961) for I.E. Weekly (269) on 05 Jun 2008

Lacking great themes and inner depth, Mongol is just another galloping wondershow of ice blue skies and rocky plains, a light diversion with…

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By Robert Davis (91) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 05 Jun 2008

[It's] as good as most of this year's American would-be blockbusters, but it might've been far more interesting if the filmmakers had either…

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By Barbara Goslawski (26) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 05 Jun 2008

This revisionist history of the early life of Ghengis Khan leaves one baffled and unconvinced…

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By Neil Smith (699) for Total Film (3,532) on 05 Jun 2008

Surrender to its exotic oddity and guttural throat-singing and you'll be entertained by a sweeping saga that's like a Mongolian Braveheart…

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By Steve Watson (9) for Film4 (1,522) on 05 Jun 2008

A beautiful and ambitious film flawed by its dogged determination to cast Genghis Khan in a new light, the best that can be hoped is that Mongol…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 04 Jun 2008

If a hero is to deserve this much spectacle, he ought to be at least a little bit interesting…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 04 Jun 2008

Sergei Bodrov brings back the cinematic epic of old with his revisionist view of Genghis Khan...There is no John Wayne or CGI to be seen in…

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By Paul Brenner (45) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 04 Jun 2008

Mongol presents a Khan with a spring in his step and love in his heart. And, OK, some wrath…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 04 Jun 2008

Transports us to the faraway past and an exotic place where a legendary warrior is forged into a fierce leader through suffering and hardship…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 04 Jun 2008

Mongol -- or, as I prefer to think of it, Genghis Khan: The Early Years -- is a big, ponderous epic, its beautifully composed landscape shots…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 04 Jun 2008

The picture's bravura style makes for an intriguingly exotic adventure only occasionally hobbled by the finicky mode of storytelling…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 04 Jun 2008

There's never enough detail to make these historical figures come to life in a compelling way…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 04 Jun 2008

With overwhelmingly beautiful cinematography on location, this is as good as any thriller and also a sweet love story...the best of film, one…

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By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out (7,510) on 04 Jun 2008

A gracefully mounted, stunningly photographed historical account, fascinating in its attention to detail if somewhat unengaging in its story…

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By Will Lawrence (39) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 04 Jun 2008

With its breathtaking landscapes, bloody battles, bitter betrayals and an aching love story, Mongol is a sumptuously crafted epic…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 03 Jun 2008

While his film's historical accuracy might sometimes be questionable, Bodrov has created a spectacular film filled with all-natural beauty…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 01 Jun 2008

For anyone even slightly interested in Mongolian history or in the life of the man who would conquer a fifth of the Earth's landmass, Mongol…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for musicOMH.com (45) on 01 Jun 2008

Shows a merging of the random vagaries of time with the divine machinery of myth, to create a truly rounded picture of the factors that can…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for NewsBlaze (855) on 25 May 2008

More impressed with its own olden days ready-to-rumble, flesh-ripping Far Eastern beatdowns, than fleshing out with any depth just who these…

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By Joshua Tyler (625) for CinemaBlend (829) on 31 Mar 2008

Sometimes it works, sometimes it falls flat, a lot of the time it feels like it's four hours long…

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