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- 1997
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 16 m
- 1997
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 16 m
Summary Brad Pitt stars in the soaring adventure and incredible true story of an Austrian prisoner of war who is transformed by his friendship with the young Dalai Lama. (Sony)
Directed By: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Written By: Heinrich Harrer, Becky Johnston
- 1997
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 16 m
- 1997
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 16 m
Seven Years in Tibet
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7.3
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Summary Brad Pitt stars in the soaring adventure and incredible true story of an Austrian prisoner of war who is transformed by his friendship with the young Dalai Lama. (Sony)
Directed By: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Written By: Heinrich Harrer, Becky Johnston
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
55
44% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
50% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
55
44% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
50% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
This moving story is full of breathtaking compositions, gorgeous spectacle, and inspiring philosophies articulated by sympathetic figures.
Beyond his struggles with an unwieldy accent and the screenplay's hokum, Mr. Pitt gives a sincere if labored performance enhanced by a sense of genuine struggle.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 78 User Ratings
7.3
74% Positive
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
22% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
4% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 78 User Ratings
7.3
74% Positive
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
22% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
4% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Great movie. Obvious that some reviewers are CCP shills, as when this movie came out it was widely praised. Then the China propaganda machine when full tilt to smear everything and everyone connected to the movie, and CCP tentacles are now firmly entrenched in the Hollywood establishment.
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While there is some time that it feels more of like Kundun movie rather than Heinrich, the rest of Seven Years In Tibet is stunning, powerful, and incredible.
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Annaud's desire to create an epic tale actually harms the production, since it results in unnecessary scenes that pad the running length to more than two hours.
The bad news is that Pitt, despite this film's high-minded intentions (there are Yo-Yo Ma cello solos on the soundtrack, and China expert Orville Schell acted as an advisor during the shoot), or more likely because of them, finds himself trapped in a long, earnest movie that fails to ever feel very alive.
Unfortunately, this visually sumptuous epic is the very definition of a "prestige production," swaddled in good taste and better intentions.
Becky Johnston ( "The Prince of Tides" ) did creditable work on the screenplay, but there are times when this story about a truly rotten fellow seems to be one big jump cut.
Seven Years in Tibet feels more like Seven Days in the Movie Theater. It refuses to come alive--not even when Brad Pitt, hirsute as a yak, wanders the frozen Himalayas with an Austrian accent that probably gave his dialogue coach hives.
This was a beautiful movie, worth watching for the photography alone. It captured an essence of traveling the world and being transformed by it. The Brad Pitt character made a subtle transformation from being a hard charge **** type to a mellow patient guy, with the fall of Tibet as a backdrop. I felt enriched by this movie. I was not aware 1 million Tibetans were killed in the religious cleansing by China, that is a bummer.
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The movie is too long in my view. Some of the characters are written also too simple. The pictures are beautiful though with many details.
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Une belle histoire que cet impétueux et orgueilleux alpiniste autrichien qui finit par trouver en une période troublée une certaine forme de sagesse auprès du Dalaï-Lama avant de retourner chez lui après tant d'années. C'est aussi l'occasion de revenir sur l'invasion du Tibet par la vermine communiste, l'une des nombreuses hontes du 20ème siècle.
L'occasion également de se laisser aller dans une guimauve excessive de la part de Jean-Jacques Annaud avec en prime -on s'en serait passé- quelques longueurs dans le récit. Brad Pitt n'est clairement pas à la hauteur et mine sensiblement le film qui n'en demandait pas tant. Malgré ces aléas, le réalisateur français dispense une mise en scène pleine de dignité, de grandeur et d'éloquence... et les acteurs (à part Brad Pitt) sont excellents.
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I honestly tried to like this film, but now I know why I avoided seeing it for so long. It's the very worst of a Hollywood portrayal of the subject. So laughably ridiculous from beginning to end that there's no need to get into all of the details. I had to force myself to endure the whole thing but I finished it. But then I had to deal with my anger and resentment for being distracted by something like this for two hours.
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Political Film Society, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
