Rasputin (1996)
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Features
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• NTSC
In Theaters : 23 March, 1996
Video Release : 13 January, 1998 |
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Rasputin (1996) Customer Reviews
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Great Acting~ Poor historical record
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| The opening titles allege that this movie is based on fact. Well, yes, it is - sort of - but it could only at best be described as a strait-jacketed version, stripped down to the bare bones. No meat on this baby! Good acting, especially from Alan Rickman in the title role but SO MANY real-life characters missing and so many incidents leap-frogged over. The story of the meddlesome monk whose powers to heal the haemophiliac tsarevich disastrously influenced the decision-making of Nicholas and Alexandra is monumental in its tragedy but alas, this version cannot even be accorded the Reader's Digest seal of respectable abridgement. One gets the feeling that this may very well have been intended as a more fully-fleshed version of events but all the juices and flavors have been drained out to accommodate the lowest common denominator in viewership. This is a runaway train with no stops for the viewer to absorb the historical scenery. So much background information is missing. So little explanation is given for the sequence of events that brought about the fall of the Romanovs. And was Rasputin really a mind-reader??? Gimme a break! Even though Rasputin is the focus of the movie the story is that of the Romanov family and they deserve a much deeper and sympathetic evaluation than this Cliff Notes special. An abysmally wasted opportunity that merely skims the surface of things and insults the viewer's intelligence. |
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