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Gandhi (1982) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Gandhi (1982) a score of 3.4026 out of 4

based on (19) reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

In the middle of this epic film there is a quiet, small scene that helps explain why GANDHI is such a remarkable experience. Mahatma Gandhi, at the height of his power and his fame, stands ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Netflix (James Rocchi)

Epic tale about one man's journey down the transforming path of wisdom and peace. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)

Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)

Overshadowing even Ben Kingsley's astonishing, transcendent performance in his first major screen role is a larger, more formidable presence: that of Gandhi himself. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)

UpcomingDiscs.com (Jeremy Frost)

After watching this epic film, I could see why it was the winner of multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture. I have to thank Columbia-Tristar for presenting this film in a DVD release that actually enhances the viewing experience of this amazing ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Jeremy Frost)

Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)

An amazing story, with great performances, splendid cinematography by Dean Semler and impressive stunt work (much of which Costner did himself). It doesn't preach too much about the pains the Indians suffered at the hands of the white man. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)

Parent Previews

Who was Mohandas K. Gandhi? In 1982, after twenty years of effort, a biographical portrait was produced to try and capture the essence of the man who impacted the world with his desire for peaceful solutions to problems and adherence to a ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Parent Previews

filmcritic.com (Joshua Tyler)

In a society rife with Robin Williams waterworks and Ben Affleck angst, it’s nice to have an occasional jolt of truth. Gandhi, while a couple of decades old now, still has that bold-faced honesty which we find so often lacking in many ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at filmcritic.com (Joshua Tyler)

DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)

...a huge, sprawling, old-fashioned epic...yet it manages also to maintain an intimacy with its subject that helps us to understand Gandhi as a person as much as an icon. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)

Movie Reviews UK

An epic interpretation of the forces which shaped Gandhi and how these filtered into his relationship with India, Gandhi portrays a man of deep simplicity. In the South Africa of 1893, casual racism and discrimination is forcefully embedded into the ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Movie Reviews UK

Dragan Antulov

Richard Attenborrough, British actor and director specialised for biographies of great historical figures or movies about important historical events, prepared more than a two decades for this film. The film is dedicated to the two great historical ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Dragan Antulov

Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)

Gandhi has been bandied about so often as an example of the Academy's tendency to give the Oscar to the safest, most important film that I half expected it to be wholly mawkish and terrible. It's really not nearly as bad as I feared it might be. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)

Reel.com

Most of the time, if an actor describes his film as "one of the last great epics," my first reaction would be to slap him. But when that actor is Ben Kingsley and the film is Gandhi, the statement almost seems modest. A sprawling, powerful epic about one ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Reel.com

DVD Clinic ("Professor Steve")

This biographical epic of famous pacifist Mahatma Gandhi follows him from his early years as a struggling British-trained lawyer in South Africa to eventually becoming the leader of India and freeing the country from British rule using his patented ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at DVD Clinic ("Professor Steve")

EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Despite an intelliegnt performance by Ben Kingsley in the lead, Attenborousgh's biopic is disappointingly conventional, failing to illuminate the venerable leader or the socio-political context in which he lived. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)

Every bit the biopic that Patton was, Gandhi is emotionally engaging but taxing on the viewer's stamina. Ben Kingsley is astounding. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)

TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)

Despite an intelligent title performance by Ben Kingsley and impressive cinematography in the manner of David Lean, this huge, clunky biopic offers less than meets the eye. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)

New York Times (Vincent Canby)

[Of] importance is the possibility that the film will bring Gandhi to the attention of a lot of people around the world for the first time, not as a saint but as a self-searching, sometimes fallible human being with a sense of humor as well as of history. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at New York Times (Vincent Canby)

Empire Magazine (--)

Worthy, handsomely mounted, but highly conventional and ultimately dull. ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Empire Magazine (--)

Slant Magazine (Fernando F. Croce)

Gandhi is less personal than Reds , but also less complacent than Chariots of Fire and less doddering than Lean's own orderly post-colonial apologia, A Passage to India . ...read the complete Gandhi movie review at Slant Magazine (Fernando F. Croce)

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