The Agony and the Ecstasy

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Robert P @Superbad 3 hrs ago The Agony and the Ecstasy is a *4* star Movie! See more Lanfranco C @Lanfrancobz Feb 16, 2025 The passion of Michelangelo for His Art in a nice reconstruction of Rome in the XVI century See more S R @ScottR Oct 18, 2023 12/15/23 - watched it again. It was tedious at times, but still well made, acted and directed. I did enjoy the introduction to the artist and that made me appreciate his work shown a bit more. Saw on TCM. Saw it ages ago and it still has stayed with me. Excellent performances and information about Michelangelo. See more steve d @RT35616104 Jul 18, 2020 There isn't much here besides religion. See more Jul 27, 2019 Poor, historically inaccurate portrayal of how belief in ancient fables could capture parts of the world. Despite all the (multitudinous) evidence to the contrary, there are still some who will see this somehow as "religion" when it is nothing more than men battling, conquering, and dominating others for their own selfish reasons. Heston is usually bad, but here he is just mediocre, making this a movie about Rex Harrison, a better actor. Throw all rationality to the side as you watch this -- laugh if you can at the inaccuracies and the unpleasantness of life for everyone in the world who wasn't a world ruler or pope. See more Simon T @MovieTart Aug 15, 2017 Yes, it's stolid and yes, some of the casting is underwhelming - but what rescues this rather lumpen block of art is Charlton Heston, whose surprisingly sensitive and vulnerable Michelangelo more than makes up for Diane Cilento's unsexy Medici and - particularly - Rex Harrison's clipped apparently Surrey-born Pope Julius: all he lacks is a briefcase, a Rolex and a few Lerner-Loewe songs. The last gasp of a particular kind of epic HGV. See more Read all reviews

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