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  1. EugeneY.
    Feb 21, 2005
    6
    I could have given it a higher rating if the filem has more emotional impact and the main characters speak their natural languages. Every time someone opens their mouth, I was constantly and immediately reminded that it is a (made in Hollywood) movie afterall.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critics

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  1. Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    Aug 2, 2011
    100
    Whether Kundun is a perfect movie or not, it's an important and beautiful one. Scorsese's movie takes us into a world we've rarely seen with this kind of sympathy or detail: a magical-looking society built on Buddhism and centuries of art and tradition.
  2. Throughout the film cause and effect, the mainspring of most narratives, is replaced by a sense of spiritual synchronicity.
  3. 75
    It provides a deep spirituality, but denies the Dalai Lama humanity; he is permitted certain little human touches, but is essentially an icon, not a man.