
A strong-willed young woman, who, frustrated by on-going injustice at home, leaves the U.S. after meeting Jude, an American doctor who runs a remote medical mission within the Ottoman Empire. A world both exotic and dangerous, and on the brink of what is about to become World War I. There, she finds her loyalty to Jude and the mission's founder tested when she falls in love with their perceived enemy, a Lieutenant in the Ottoman Imperial Army. Now, with invading army forces a... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
A strong-willed young woman, who, frustrated by on-going injustice at home, leaves the U.S. after meeting Jude, an American doctor who runs a remote medical mission within the Ottoman Empire. A world both exotic and dangerous, and on the brink of what is about to become World War I. There, she finds her loyalty to Jude and the mission's founder tested when she falls in love with their perceived enemy, a Lieutenant in the Ottoman Imperial Army. Now, with invading army forces at their doorstep, and the world about to plunge into all-out war, she must make a decision if she wants to be what other people want her to be, or to be herself.
Leave your thoughts about The Ottoman Lieutenant.
| Shockya.comHarvey S. KartenThis poor man's Lawrence of Arabia is a swashbuckling World War One tale involving a Muslim man's love for a Christian woman amid a background of people determined to kill each other. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA deeply flawed film, as both romantic epic and historical commentary. |
| indieWireDavid EhrlichA limp and lifeless historical melodrama that aspires to be the “Pearl Harbor” of the preamble to World War I and still falls well short of that ignoble goal, Joseph Ruben’s The Ottoman Lieutenant tries to snatch a love triangle from out beneath the Armenian Genocide but fails to get any of the angles right. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatPortrait of a strong-willed 23-year-old American who sets off on an adventure. |
| Common Sense MediaJeffrey M. AndersonUnabashedly old-fashioned and romantic, this World War I-era movie fearlessly plucks at the heartstrings while offering glorious, big-screen cinematography ... and a bit of revisionist history. |
| Salon.comGary M. Kramer"The Ottoman Lieutenant" is all over the map in terms of tone, genre and acting styles. |
| Film ThreatBradley GibsonI'm sympathetic to the filmmakers whose craftsmanship went into the movie. Absent historical context this would be adequate light far... but the weak script/dialog and narrative retcon can't be ignored and spoils their efforts. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid Noh[Sir Ben Kingsley's] suffocatingly bad histrionic choices of late have led me to wonder if Oscars can be rescinded. |
| The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldI’ll admit to a weakness for this sort of thing (which Merchant-Ivory, a couple of decades back, made into elegant art), but even I couldn’t muster up much enthusiasm for this one, a tepid love triangle set in the Ottoman Empire in the early days of World War I. |
| Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe by-the-numbers story never achieves its aimed-for grandeur or intensity, and the striking Turkish locations prove far more interesting than the characters. |