1911
  • Studio: Well Go
  • Release Date: Oct 7, 2011
User Score
5.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13

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  1. Gene
    Oct 18, 2011
    4
    The first half of the movie, with violence, uprisings, and battles is a blast. Unfortunately, when things settle down into politics it takes a nosedive. There is no character development whatsoever, one minute they show a character that seems interested and conflicted, then they do a cut of two days later where's completely convinced of the right thing to do. That's about the whole second part of the movie. People arguing/deciding stuff, with the interesting character development only happening offscreen. I would have given the movie a better score if they shaved off the really painful final 30 minutes off of it.… Expand
  2. Dreskar
    Aug 3, 2012
    6
    I am giving it a 6, mainly because the movie is rather enjoyable, especially if you are interested in history but it makes the cardinal mistake of too much information crammed into too little time. The movie would have definatly benefited from being split into two films and allowed for the story to better pace itself. As it stands it is almost a crash course in the fall of Imperial China and the rise of the Republic of China later to be replaced by one failed Imperialist movement, and then transformed to communism. The movie itself follows the uprisings trying to overthrow the Qhin Dynasty and the political struggles of the falling government as well as the rising one. The action is frantic and adds to the chaos of battle, yet you can still manage to tell what is going on though unfortunately allot of subtitles tend to fly by talking about battles and events we never get to see. Again as said earlier a two-parter would have been much better to tell this epic story.… Expand
  3. nate8
    Feb 5, 2013
    2
    -overly focused on listing historical names, events, arguments -grandiose statements and undeveloped characters created shallow unbelievable personal interactions

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Metascore
37 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Bill Weber
    Oct 10, 2011
    38
    Adhering to what is apparently a formula for national superproductions, 1911 throws dates and names on the screen with unceasing speed and frequent irrelevance -- gratuitously identifying a walk-on as "German diplomat."
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    Oct 7, 2011
    50
    Throughout 1911 the sense of dutiful intentions blocks any building momentum. When an English-speaking character appears to declare that history is being made, it only underlines the obvious.
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  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Oct 7, 2011
    40
    This drama, as traditional as its subject was epochal, is earnest and studious to a fault. Rarely has a film about upheaval felt more like a textbook.
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