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- 1990
- PG
- Orion Classics
- 2 h 17 m
- 1990
- PG
- Orion Classics
- 2 h 17 m
Summary Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.
Directed By: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Written By: Edmond Rostand, Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- 1990
- PG
- Orion Classics
- 2 h 17 m
- 1990
- PG
- Orion Classics
- 2 h 17 m
Cyrano de Bergerac
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6.9
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Summary Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.
Directed By: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Written By: Edmond Rostand, Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
79
89% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
11% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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It is ensemble work of the highest quality, but it is Depardieu's graceful and illuminating performance that is unforgettable. [19 Dec 1990, p.E1]
A winner by more than a nose, Cyrano de Bergerac attains a near-perfect balance of verbal and visual flamboyance. Gerard Depardieu's grand performance as the facially disgraced swordsman-poet sets a new standard with which all future Cyranos will have to reckon.
Rappeneau has his weaknesses - the battle sequences lack imagination, and the finale is unnecessarily protracted - but his romantic flourishes keep most of the movie humming. [25 Dec 1990, p.F1]
This is the definitive cinematic Cyrano; only the pickiest critics or peasants will dare or care to thumb their noses at it. [16 Nov 1990, p.4D]
A virtuoso update. Gerard Depardieu's Cyrano is nothing short of magnificent.
With its screenplay adapted from Rostand by Mr. Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carriere, the movie is really memorable, though, only for the Depardieu performance, and for the chance it gives us to hear the original French verse.
This 138-minute film, comprising two thousand performers and a helluva lot of musketry, has several good scenes, including the well-known one in which Christian utters romantic praise to Roxanne from below her balcony, while de Bergerac feeds him lines. But it can't escape Rostand's structural shortcomings.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
6.9
73% Positive
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 11 Wins & 14 Nominations
