An over acted Movie !

Rating: 6/10 (9 January 2006)

First of all, it is recorded history authenticated by the historical murals/bas reliefs and paintings of Hellenistic times, that Alexander the Great did not sport long hippie style hairs. It is a farce to depict him in such visage that does not hold true.
Some of the very firm historical facts like Alexander died a natural death at Babylon, Mesopatamia by malaria or high fever have been distorted. Besides, established contemporary history makes no mention of Alexander fighting with Monkey tribes in India. During his Indian advance, the first major battle was fought with the Indian King Porus whose forces outnumbered the Hellenistic army. Howsoever, Alexander won, and magnanimously returned the entire conquered territory to the Indian king, much to the contempt and heartburning of his native Greeks. Besides, the manner, in which Alexander's mother Olympia is shown to connive in the murder of King Philip also does not conform to established historical evidences.
The bottom line is that besides some improvement in the script, facial expressions concerning emotional intensity does not match to those of Charlton Heston as shown in BEN-HUR. The directional skills of William Wyler were definitely head and shoulders above those we witness in "Alexander" of Oliver Stone.