Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Martin Bradley You might think that in making a film about Greek cinema or at least about a fellow film-maker Angelopolous would have made his greatest masterpiece but "Ulysses' Gaze" may be his most lugubrious film. Perhaps working mostly in English didn't help or the one-note performance of Harvey Keitel as the exiled film-maker returning to his homeland in search of 3 reels of lost film by the Manakia Brothers was to blame.The structure is just as complex as anything by Angelopolous as Keitel moves back and forth in time but he also makes for an uneasy observer of Balkan history and the conflict in Sarajevo and ultimately the material feels less profound than I'm sure the director intended; there's only so much old ground he can cover. It isn't a bad film; I don't think Angelopolous could make a bad film if he tried and visually it is very impressive. Rather it is simply a great disappointment from a man who can justifiably lay claim to being one of the ten greatest directors in all of cinema.

The_Film_Cricket This is probably Shakespeare's tragedy at it's most entertaining. I like the recent surge of films that reset the bard's works into modern times. Sometimes they work (like the luster of Branaugh's breathtaking 'Hamlet') sometimes they don't (as in the busy rock video 'Romeo + Juliet').Richard III sits somewhere in the middle. I'm not sure that this is the most fitting to present Shakespeare's tale of murder and bloodlust in a German coup circa WWII. However, as an entertainment I have to say I was captivated.I liked the touches of having Richard III (Ian McKellan) deliver his opening monologue while standing at a urinal and I have to say that I loved McKellan shouting 'MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE' while his jeep is stuck in the mud. McKellan plays the daylights out of the character (It's not as good as it is onstage but I can forgive him for that).It may not be right to play around with Shakespeare's settings but I'm just glad Hollywood is interested in him again. This is a minor adaptation the bard's work but I still enjoyed it.

gospodinBezkrai I am surprised that so many people commented positively on this film!Mr. Angelopoulos was trying to be epic and grandiose but he is just hollow. I had the impression that all the time he was saying: "O mortals, behold how much we, Greeks, have suffered over the century!" Yet, maybe except for Sarajevo at the end, there was not a single scene in this film, directed so that it will make one share a compassion for the things you see. Until the orchestra and fog of Sarajevo, all the feelings in this film remained declared but unfleshed.Many people here compare it to Underground. But Underground made me cry. While Odysseus only made me angry and later made me indifferent.By the way, it made me angry because it portrays a very unobjective helleno-centric view of the developments of the region. I do come from this region and I do have a pretty good knowledge on its history so this film cannot deceive me, but it would probably deceive thousands of viewers worldwide! I wouldn't complain about such an ethnocentric narrow-minded view from an average Greek citizen - all our nations are faulty in this regard. But definitely not from an artist claiming the standing of Mr. Angelopoulos!In fact, if you wonder how the infamous "deep-rooted tribal hatred" of the Balkans comes about - you might want to watch exactly this film as an example of an instrument to that end! The main suggestion of the film is that Greeks are the only fine people on the peninsula (similar feelings run in every country in the region). Despite, or because of that, they are awfully mistreated by the barbarians of the north for a hundred years. The barbarians of course are types living in total misery - both material and spiritual.

pswitzertatum Before seeing this film for the first time, I was already familiar with the brilliant CD of the music. I had some idea through the music of what the film portrayed, but was somewhat put off by the three hours devoted to a movie about the Balkans. I just wasn't ready for a drama about this violent and troubling history although I had adored the wonderful film "Before the Rain." Now after viewing the compelling and stunning "Ulysses' Gaze" I can highly recommend both the music and the film. The music and the movie are exquisite partners. The cinematography is truly breathtaking. I was taken with the intense yearning and empathy of Harvey Keitel as the Ulysses of the quest, but especially struck by Maia Morgenstern as the female focus of the film. She is brilliant. And the great Erland Josephson is wonderful to watch. Although the movie is quite long, its richness and unusual perspectives are impressive, thought-provoking, and profound. I think that by the end, as is the main character, the viewer can be wholly changed by this experience.