Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

talkbaktalk This is the first Napoleon epic where the chief speaks with a French accent; that is good. HIs words are his, many of the events are accurate. Because his life was crowded with events, all detail is left out except the love interest of Josephine.This is a modern interpretation, so any glory of war is ruthlessly stamped out, to the point that great battles are always seen as useless slaughter with piles of corpses. Well, in part they are.If you're looking for any of La Gloire, a big part of the period, you'll look in vain. The people rarely cheer Napoleon. We know his soldiers often shouted "Vive L'Empereur" as he passed. Instead, in the film, they barely notice him on the battlefield.Isabel Rossellini as Josephine is seen too often, as (one of the) the women of his life. Murat stands in for all his Marshals, as a film can only pay so many actors. John Malkovich as Talleyrand is very good.An interesting and intelligent film. Clavier plays the part of Napoleon well, although in the interests of covering all his life, he is a bit one dimensional. If you thirst for battlefield tactics, and scenes of battle, you'll be disappointed. Only one battle is covered in any detail is Austerlitz, his finest victory.Napoleon was an extremely intelligent and relatively peaceful man. Most of the wars he fought were forced upon him by European nations in the pay of the English, who could not abide him. He was a better man than they were.

jm10701 I know almost nothing about Napoleon, but I do know a good movie when I see it, and this is not one. I didn't know Europeans could make movies this bad, but it rivals the worst that ever came out of Hollywood. It's like a six-hour marathon episode of Dallas. If Napoleon had been even 1% as boring and stupid as he is in this movie, no one would remember his name.I can't stand John Malkovich, and I like Isabella Rossellini as a person but she's not much of an actor. I've loved some of the European actors in other movies, but I've never even heard of Christian Clavier and don't wonder why.But what makes this so unbearably bad are the moronic writing and directing. Everybody talks and acts like they're in a 1980s American soap opera, not at all like real historical human beings or even like well-developed fictional characters.Costumes and sets aren't enough to make me love a movie; there have to be believable characters behaving more or less like real human beings. Everybody in this one is as phony and stupid and annoying as J R Ewing.

cornel1801 This excellent Napoléon (2002) showed once again that to make a high level movie, we need for the following things: a very good script, a very good director, very good actors, a very good soundtrack, a very good image and generally, a very good crew. And this movie has it all. Only words of praise for Napoleon (2002) that France had to make it for the world cinematography. Some remarks: Christian Clavier has created an unchangeable Napoleon character. Napoléon (2002) was made with love, honesty, respect and put things in place that it deserves. A film that I highly recommend to be viewed and reviewed. Congratulations for the entire crew. Note: I highly recommend this film to American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's members, to watch it and maybe they'll understand how looks an excellent movie.

pvdharten Although quite lengthy, this documentary never became boring.Much to the credit of the script writers, there is an excellent balance between action scenes, political intrigue and romance. This all leads to a much better understanding of the character of Napoleon Bonaparte, although more credit could have been given to his constitutional and governance reforms which are still tangible for many European nations today.The original score and photography is of a very high standard, but what is even more important, I have rarely come across a movie in which the casting was this well tailored to the characters. Rather than putting famous names in all the lead roles, a true effort has been made to match the skills of the actor to the character in a fine, pan-European cast.Christian Clavier's accent is quite charming: I guess this is how we think Napoleon would have sounded, if he would have spoken English....