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At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
- (15K)
- Drama, History
- Ciro Guerra
- 2020-08-07
Waiting for the Barbarians is a film directed by Ciro Guerra, and stars Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, and Robert Pattinson. This is a historical drama where Mark Rylance plays the magistrate for this fortress on the frontier of the "Empire".
Despite meticulous visuals and a strong central performance by Mark Rylance, the film feels dramatically ponderous and emotionally inert. See all 19 reviews on Metacritic.com. See all external reviews for Waiting for the Barbarians.
Waiting for the Barbarians holds a 54% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 93 reviews with an average of 6/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Admirable in theory but disappointing in execution, Waiting for the Barbarians struggles to turn strong performances and worthy themes into affecting drama."
Aug 7, 2020 · Waiting for the Barbarians. 114 minutes ‧ NR ‧ 2020. Nick Allen. August 7, 2020. 6 min read. Mark Rylance had an easier time making us believe he was the 24-feet-tall “BFG” than he does here, trying to sell us a colonizer with a conscience in Ciro Guerra’s tedious “Waiting for the Barbarians.”. The gentle actor plays a man here ...
Aug 6, 2020 · ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ Review: An Aestheticized Fable of Colonialism. Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson star in this Ciro Guerra film adapted from a J.M. Coetzee novel....
Sep 6, 2019 · J.M. Coetzee's brilliant 1980 novel of colonial breakdown is a tough prospect to film; he and Colombian auteur Ciro Guerra make an uneven but eventually stirring stab at it. By Guy Lodge.
