Uninteresting supporting characters, good Crowe

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2000)

I liked Maximus and Crowe's acting job, but the supporting characters were largely uninteresting and woodenly acted. Lucilla spent most of her time looking scared and crying. Richard Harris did a good job as Marcus Aurelius though. I wasn't impressed much with the cinematography either, too much gray and blue and strange "jumping" in some of the special effects. The plot was interesting enough to follow for the first 2 hours, but the final showdown was too predictable. Better than a lot of period movies, but Braveheart is still top of its class by far.