Almost, but not quite

Rating: 5/10 (5 January 2006)

The film wasn't that bad, especially if you only have cursory knowledge of the history. I couldn't care less about the sex involved, but Oliver Stone failed to present the cultural background on this. Greek men (as Alexander wanted to be) took on boys (normally teenage) to train them to be men. Sex was often involved. BUT NOT LIKE THIS. The tragedy of this movie is the Stone was on the right path, but didn't do enough follow through to make it historically accurate. Anyone with a background in Classics or Ancient History will be thrown off by little details, so die hards may not want to go there. At least it is closer to the documented history than Troy, and for that I am grateful.