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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 60 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 8.1/10.The site's critical consensus reads, "With intelligence and sensitivity, Great Freedom draws on past injustices to present a beautifully crafted tribute to the persistence of the human spirit" [14] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted ...
Flag carried by the Cristeros in the film. Translation: Long live Christ the King – and Our Lady of Guadalupe. For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada, also known as Cristiada and as Outlaws, is a 2012 epic historical war drama film [1] directed by Dean Wright and written by Michael Love, based on the events of the Cristero War.
Synonyms received positive reviews from film critics. It holds an 88% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 90 reviews, with an average of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Synonyms latches onto third-rail issues with thrilling audacity -- and taps into an energy that proves as discomfiting as it is ...
Munich is a 2005 epic historical drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, co-written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth.It is based on the 1984 book Vengeance by George Jonas, an account of Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre.
Greater is a 2016 American biographical sports film directed by David Hunt and starring Christopher Severio as American football player Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on college player who became an All-American, dying in a car crash 11 days after being drafted high in the 3rd round to the National Football League.
[9] [10] Writing in The Journal of American History, historian Steven E. Woodworth derided the movie as a modern-day telling of Lost Cause mythology. [9] Woodworth called the movie "the most pro-Confederate film since Birth of a Nation, a veritable celluloid celebration of slavery and treason." He summed up his reasons for disliking the movie ...
Oh, God! is a 1977 American comedy film starring George Burns and John Denver. Based on the 1971 novel by Avery Corman , the film was directed by Carl Reiner from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart . The story centers on supermarket manager Jerry Landers (Denver), who is chosen by God (Burns) to spread his message despite skepticism of the media ...
In 1967, a visit by the Shah of Iran to West Berlin leads to a clash between the West German student movement and German police. In the chaos, unarmed protestor Benno Ohnesorg is fatally shot by policeman Karl-Heinz Kurras, outraging the West German public, including left-wing journalist Ulrike Meinhof, who claims in a televised debate that West Germany is a fascist police state.