A classic although a slight misinterpretation of the novel. At times the film itself stands along side other fantastic novel to film translations such as "The Shawshank Redemption"!!!!

Unreliable character sketches - in particular the PTSD case is far out. But beautiful views.

By the time it got to the German looking for survivors to put out of their misery, I was shouting in the theatre: "Shoot me!" Haven't heard accents that bad since "Murder, She Wrote."

Horrible !! WHAT a shame that beautifull and compelling book was so badly represented. The actors chosed to play the main characters did nothing to bring them to life = Cruz was just too THIN to be a believable Greek beauty and her acting was horrendous - as for Cage he spoiled the whole movie with his dreadful accent which kept slipping . The only saving grace was the photography.

While I would have liked better accents, at it wasn't as bad as Enemy at the Gates...Russians with British accents? WTF? I though overall that this was a wonderful movie. Beautiful scenery and the general storyline is it's strengths. I did NOT read the book so I wasn't expecting anything. Acting was decent. I agree that Christian Bale was not the best pick for his role (American Psycho fits him better). Penelope Cruz while beautiful (don't be so jealously hateful Darcy... :) ), I think someone else could have played her part more "realistically". As for Cage, dunno...jury is still out on him in this movie.… Expand

A very beautiful adaption of the book...and as far as accents are concerned, what does one expect in an American movie....Greek? Some of the so-called professional criticisms in this respect are entirely unwarranted.

If not for the "accents," I probably would have rated a little higher.

It's unfortunate that much of the critiques of this movie revolve around accent, and it is unfortunate that the director decided to make the film this way. Hurt, Cruz, Cage and Bale in their own accents would have made this less distracting. Otherwise Mandolin was well acted, especially by Cruz, beautifully photographed, with convincing settings, scenes and action.

I thought it was terrible. And I'm not just talking about accents. Penelope Cruz is an absolutely horrendous actress - I would rather watch an episode of the Muppets than endure her attempts at acting again. Nicolas Cage is a very beautiful man, and an exellent actor, but not even he could save this movie (and I hate to stoop to the levels of every other critic on the globe, but let's be honest - his accent was really bad). The story was unimpressive and stretched out, I couldn't understand what Cruz or Cage was saying, and the only remotely enjoyable thing in the whole movie was the scenery. But, the movie's saving grace was, to me, just another thing to complain about - If I want to see beautiful scene, I will go to a holiday web-site. The only other film that disappointed me as much as this one was A.I. … Expand

I thought this was a terrible adaptation of the book, some of the very humerous facts where cut out. Especially what happened to Pelagia and Captain Corelli. I also thought the acting was terrible and I did not think much of Nicolas Cage as Captain Corelli thought I do think he is a good actor but just not in this film because of the accent. I am sorry but that is why I have given this move such a low rating… Expand

It's a very nice romantic story with some action and with a very great sound track especially the Pelagia Song.