
1429. While the war between France and England (the Hundred Years War) appeared settled in 1420, in England's favour, the death of King Henry V of England reignites it. England occupies large areas of France and appears set to take the whole of it. Into this moment of crisis rides legendary Joan of Arc, a teenage girl who claims to be lead by divine visions.... (Full plot summary below)
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1429. While the war between France and England (the Hundred Years War) appeared settled in 1420, in England's favour, the death of King Henry V of England reignites it. England occupies large areas of France and appears set to take the whole of it. Into this moment of crisis rides legendary Joan of Arc, a teenage girl who claims to be lead by divine visions.
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| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonSuch a sour, mindlessly inflated experience that seeing it may temporarily put you off historical movies. |
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterImpressive to look at, but in the end, it just doesn't ring true. |
| L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyThe Messenger may be a caricature of theology, but then Besson is a cartoonist of genius. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldThe horror and spectacle of medieval battle has never been re-created on film before with such ghastly beauty. |
| TNT RoughCutMatt KelseyIf all history lessons were this stylish, elementary school would have been a better place. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyThe lack of a plausible leading lady is enough to sink what is otherwise an eye-catching, although heavily '90s-style, telling of one of history's most frequently filmed stories. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanInexplicable as it is, the Joan of Arc story encourages contemplation of ourselves as a species. The Messenger is more apt to prompt meditation on the nature of show business. |
| Film.comSean MeansWhile The Messenger feeds our appetite for visual panache, it starves the soul. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranBlends great cinematic energy with an awkwardly mixed multinational cast and aggressively over-modernized dialogue. |
| TimeRichard SchickelA lively, nutty film, one full of clumsy, clanging battles filmed by the gifted, eccentric Besson with bloody brio. |