Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 3.0
Good film, but not great
I missed this movie in the theatres, so I was excited about its video release. I watched the CBS movie about Joan of Arc and felt it left out too many details. The Messenger is the same way. They did use some actual events and some of the recorded dialogue that Joan used, but it seemed that the director used alot of "artistic license" too. The actors used alot of modern language and phrases that I don't believe would be used in the 1400s, and then out of nowhere Milla Jovovich would use an actual Joan quote and it would seem out of place. The visual affects were good though and I think Dustin Hoffman was terrific in his role. Overall, Milla was convincing as a wild young woman on a mission. I just wish the writers would have dug a little deeper into the actual history of Joan.