Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Reviews & Ratings
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Lawrence of Arabia reviews
Lawrence of Arabia holds a 8.0/10 average from 3,591 TMDB ratings.
This is obviously an epic film, lasting nearly four hours with the wide, sweeping desert vistas and huge cast. It describes a fairly brief period of time out of a remarkable man’s life. I wonder how modern viewers handle the length of the movie, accustomed as they are to movies this lengthy featuring superheroes with humor and almost constant action. I don’t even remember how long ago I originally watched Lawrence o…
— Peter McGinn (7/10)
227 minutes of greatness! I've always wanted to watch <em>'Lawrence of Arabia'</em> given its standing as being one of the greats, though that rather long run time always put it on my subconscious back-burner. At last, I rooted out some time for it and man it was a well spent near four hours! I'm not going to say its length is ignorable, though it truly doesn't feel like a 3hr 47min movie - so every credit to all in…
— r96sk (10/10)
This has got to be in my top ten movies - it is an almost flawless exercise in marrying fantastic photography, casting, writing, costumes and a score into three hours of wonderful entertainment. Rumour has it that Albert Finney was offered the lead role and suggested Peter O'Toole instead. If that is true (or not) then clearly serendipity was already on hand to guide this rendition of the story of TE Lawrence, who i…
— CinemaSerf (9/10)
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Movies like Lawrence of Arabia
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- Khartoum (1966)
- War Horse (2011)
- The Alamo (1960)
- Lion of the Desert (1981)
- The Four Feathers (1939)
- King Arthur (2004)
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- Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
- Queen of the Desert (2015)
- Sergeant York (1941)
- Henry V (1944)
- Passage to Marseille (1944)
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