Banal, extremely slow, cure for insomnia

Rating: 1/10 (11 December 2004)

The best way to describe this film is banal, too long and a cure for insomnia. As a history lesson it gives an insight into the life and times of Alexander The Great, but as a spectacle it is extremely slow and boring with a diabolically bad script. Anthony Hopkins is totally wasted in his role and Angelina Jolie is also miscast as Alexander's mother. There are some good action scenes, but they're few and far between. It was fairly difficult to remain alert and I had one eye on the clock thinking "When is this ever going to end?" Fortunately it eventually did end, but only after an excruciating two hours and fifty three minutes.