Miscast leading man? But apart from that....

Rating: Null/10 (5 December 2004)

Can anyone else explain why a baby faced, over-hyped, over-rated apparent midget was selected to play the world's greatest warrior? Pitt is so unbelievable in the part, and despite the use of his full range of actors expressions (happy/sad)he simply fails to convince. That apart, the women are beautiful, the locations, CGI inspired or not, superb, and the script makes a fair stab at a complicated story. This film attempts to take a wider view of the period and the conflict, unlike Gladiator, which was able to home in on an individual, so direct comparisons are unfair. By the way, anyone else notice, yet again, that if you want proper delivery of an heroic line, get yourself a British actor.