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Rating: 5/10 (2 January 2005)

Sitting through Alexander was a bit of a trial. The movie is exceptionally well filmed and the history of Alexander well conveyed. The movie is daring in the sense that it does not cover up the fact that bisexuality was perfectly normal and accepted, in fact even a status symbol, lifts it above many other historical movies. I found the movie poorly acted. Not that any of the actors were downright bad, but some of them (Jolie) were a bit over the top and the rest were not really exceptional. It was a good movie, but being no big fan of Farrell I was not impressed. I was pleased to see that he actually does possess acting skills. However, as the movie progressed I was more taken with his capability to show more than one side of Alexander. By the end Farrell had proved that he was actually an actor. But no one actor can make a movie better. And Farrell struggles against other actors who certainly do not perform their best. So all in all the movie would rate 5/10 in my books.