Epic movie of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar (Charlton Heston) ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honor, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.... (Full plot summary below)
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Epic movie of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar (Charlton Heston) ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honor, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
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| Total FilmSimon KinnearThe ambition is bracing, but critical hindsight obscures how exciting Malle’s noir thriller is on its own terms. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackIt leaves the facts wounded and strewn haphazardly across the battlefield, but El Cid remains a flat-out terrific movie. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA consummate entertainment rich with the romantic atmosphere of Paris in the 1950s. Coming at a turning point in French cinematic history, it drew upon several major talents - director Louis Malle, star Jeanne Moreau, cinematographer Henri Decaë, musician Miles Davis - and achieved near-legendary results with all of them. |
| San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoYou can take it straight as an example of a bygone day of outsize filmmaking or enjoy it as kitsch, but it's exhilarating either way. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawIt is not free of plot-holes...but what a supremely stylish and watchable picture it is. |
| The TelegraphTim RobeyThe construction has a mocking fatalism that might have felt oppressive, but Malle and his actors keep you constantly on the edge of your seat, wondering what curse will befall the desperate lovebirds next. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittA plan for a perfect murder goes wildly wrong in this 1958 melodrama by one of France's great filmmakers. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThese 1950s French noirs abandon the formality of traditional crime films, the almost ritualistic obedience to formula, and show crazy stuff happening to people who seem to be making up their lives as they go along. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesLloyd SachsEl Cid remains a visually sumptuous film graced with a passionate score by Miklos Rozsa. |
| SalonAndrew O'HehirA tightly structured thriller with a brilliantly moody performance by Jeanne Moreau, and depending on your point of view, it's either one of the few genuine French noir films or an early entry in the New Wave. |
