Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 3.0
Not a bad effort
Defintately a good attempt at a movie, with some staggering results, and some not so adequate ones. Milla Jovovich does an ok job as Joan, nothing really moving. The movie mostly concentrates on the battles and very little on story. I don't really know the story well, but what little there was held a small bit of interest. The battles scenes are done extremely well, much reminding me of 'Braveheart'. I love John Malkovich but he didn't have much material to work with. The key was Dustin Hoffman. His screen time in the two and half hour movie is at the most fifteen minutes, and he totally steals every scene he is in. The purpose of his character is great, and he handles it so well. All in all an enjoyable movie.