Review of The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) by Candice W — 05 Feb 2008

Wow this was insane...I don't know if it was good or bad because I was so freaked by it.

This review of The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) was written by Candice W on 05 Feb 2008.

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc has generally received positive reviews.

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By Eric M (1,401) on 05 May 2015

Dustin aced his short role, he did so well I completely forgot the great performance by Milla. Otherwise an OK movie…

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By Adam F (1,100) on 21 Jul 2013

A decent film but more Hollywood than history which I think holds it back. Overall entertaining but not great…

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By Brenda H (54) on 07 Mar 2015

Jovovich is badly miscast. Not a bad portrayal entirely, but not the portrait of this great woman that needs to be painted…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 19 Oct 2013

Jovovich, Besson's 24-year-old ex-wife, hasn't a clue how to project shadings, interior emotions, character or personality…

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By Janet Maslin (949) for The New York Times (9,847) on 21 Jan 2015

It's all overblown: too much music, too much cutting, too much zooming, too much computerized special effects, too much clanky symbolism that…

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By Mr B (81) on 25 Mar 2018

The cast does its best, but Luc Besson's version of Joan of Arc is one-sided and wildly uneven…

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By Bradley K (274) on 06 Oct 2013

Not the disaster it has been labelled but most of the magic of the first bald of the film is undone in the second…

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By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 14 Nov 2017

By casting model-turned-actress (and his now-estranged wife) Milla Jovovich as the Maid of Orleans, Besson gives us an over-amped spectacle…

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By Levonne P (88) on 01 Jan 2013

A wonderful movie. I am a big lover of the Joan of Arc story, and always watch anything having to do with it. This one is among the top of the list…

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By Larry W (344) on 03 Aug 2016

One of the most blatant peices of Historical Revisionism that I have ever seen. The combat scenes are quality…

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