Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 1.0
Inaccurate story about Joan of Arc
I have had an interest in the story about Joan of Arc ever since I learned about her in 6th grade history, so when I found out they made a movie about her, I wanted to see it. Sadly the movie is highly inaccurate to the story about the young French warrior maiden who saved her country. They start off with her childhood (might I add she was 13 when she first heard her voices, not 7 or 8 like the movie seems to think) where she watches the murder and rape of her sister. Joan did have a sister, a younger sister not one who was between the ages 16-18. While I think that Milla Jovovich is a tallented actress she wasn't right for the role in this movie, she made Joan of Arc seem like a lunatic. To make things worse her voices seem very satanic. If you want my advice avoid this movie and watch the Joan of Arc movie with Leelee Sobieski, it is very intertaining and has a more realistic view of Joan.