The Battle of Algiers (re-release)
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 35 Ratings
- Summary: This 1965 film chronicles the Algerian people's struggle to overthrow the French Colonial Government in the mid-1950s.
- Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
- Genre(s): Drama, History, War
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100An extraordinary movie that ruffled many feathers when it first came out. Almost 40 years later, it retains the poignancy it delivered back then. Its message is not lost in our present state of affairs.
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100Like all masterpieces, it speaks to later ages as powerfully and intelligently as to its own.
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100It's a masterpiece.
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80What makes the movie's power creditable is Pontecorvo's ability to present combatants on both sides as multidimensional, nonheroic human beings, even though it's obvious where the director's own sentiments lie. (Review of original release)
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WaelS.10The best I ever saw at my house.
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