SevenTY years is more like it!

Rating: 5/10 (1 July 1999)

Visually stunning movie...and Brad Pitt, et al, did a good job in the acting department, but... it is simply TOO LONG! It takes 2/3 or so of its time to demonstrate that Brad's character is a real jerk, then, in the remaining 1/3, shows how he changes. Unfortunately, the long build-up seriously dilutes the impact of the conclusion. (Still, I will confess to having a lump rise in my throat during the scene in which Harrar visits his son, unwraps the Dalai Lama's parting gift [his prized "Clair de lune" music box], and leaves it for the boy...)