I laughed throughout

Rating: 1/10 (11 April 2001)

This movie is unadulterated junk posing as historical spectacle. The cinematography is choppy, making it impossible to really follow any of the action sequences. I think people have been deceived after years of Tarantino worship into thinking that choppy editing makes a movie more intense or edgy or somesuch nonsense. Unfortunately, the problems with this movie extend to Crowe's monotonous acting, the distracting, boring subplots (mostly driven by secretive glances), and the historical inaccuracies.
Sorry, but America (and the academy, I'm afraid) was duped by this piece of expensive trash.