One of the most exciting and gripping films I've ever seen

Rating: Null/10 (30 May 2004)

An exceptional and sensitive treatment of the Homerian epic. The film is gripping from beginning to end and will keep you on the edge of your seat. Given the massiveness of the tale, the director is to be congratulated on sustaining appropriate complexity and human conflict. Where the film is flawed is not worthy of mention given the overall accomplishment. The film treatment is long (2 hours and over 40 minutes) but never boring. The violence is vivid but never gratuitous. The tenderness provides a fuller dimension to the characters and the story. The tragedy is a reminder of the human condition. At the end, one is left with a poignancy about what might have been.