Big budget account of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas. Released in 1992 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery. Shows the disastrous effects the Europeans had on the original inhabitants, and Columbus' struggle to civilize the New World.... (Full plot summary below)
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Big budget account of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas. Released in 1992 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery. Shows the disastrous effects the Europeans had on the original inhabitants, and Columbus' struggle to civilize the New World.
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| NewsweekJack KrollHere's a one-word review of 1492: hubris. |
| The SpectatorVanessa LettsThe film doesn't, as it should have done, make any profound attempt to examine the split between good and evil within Christopher Columbus himself. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIn its own way and up to a certain point, 1492 is a satisfactory film. Depardieu lends it gravity, the supporting performances are convincing, the locations are realistic, and we are inspired to reflect that it did indeed take a certain nerve to sail off into nowhere just because an orange was round. |
| EmpirePhilip ThomasFlawed, certainly, but by no means the horror-show its paltry box-office performance would suggest. |
| Tampa Bay TimesHal LipperIf 1492 is dramatically inert, it is just the opposite visually. Its director is Ridley Scott, a wizard at re-creating the look of other realities, and he's done a remarkable job here, filling the screen with ravishing sequences from both the Old World and the New that are dazzling and intoxicating. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenThis $50 million spectacle must be one of the least entertaining epic films ever made. |
| Independent (UK)Anthony LaneRidley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise is a long, becalmed and hollow hull of a movie about the old order bumping into the New World. |
| Needcoffee.comWidgett WallsNot quite sure why this one tanked as badly as it did; I thought it was gorgeously realized, myself. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonTo director Scott and screenwriter Roselyne Bosch, the atrocities against the natives came about not as a product of evil but through Columbus's ineptitude as a political leader. Still, this failure -- and his frustration over never actually reaching mainland America -- renders him a tragic figure. Though he was the dreamer and pioneer who first set foot in the New World and brought treasures and territory to Spain, he died all but forgotten. The movie, alas, for all its wondrous beauty, is destined to suffer a similar fate. |
| The New York TimesVincent Canby1492 is not a terrible film. Yet because it is without any guiding point of view, it is a lot less interesting than the elaborate physical production that has been given it. Only a very great writer could do justice to all the themes the Columbus story suggests. Ms. Bosch may be a very good researcher, but she's not a very great writer. She can't even squeeze in many relevant facts, much less define the relevance of those she does include. |
