Catherine the Great (1995)

Catherine the Great (1995)
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Marvin J. Chomsky's sweeping historical drama, Catherine the Great, features Catherine Zeta-Jones as the title character. The film traces how the leader was able to skillfully manipulate both the societal institutions of the day as well as the powerful men who surrounded her in order to gain control over all of Russia. The cast includes such notable performers as Omar Sharif, Jeanne Moreau, and Mel Ferrer. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Starring:
Catherine Zeta-JonesPaul McGann, (more)
Director(s):
Marvin J. Chomsky
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Catherine the Great

Marvin J. Chomsky's sweeping historical drama, Catherine the Great, features Catherine Zeta-Jones as the title character. The film traces how the leader was able to skillfully manipulate both the societal institutions of the day as well as the powerful men who surrounded her in order to gain control over all of Russia. The cast includes such notable performers as Omar Sharif, Jeanne Moreau, and Mel Ferrer. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
100 mins

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Director(s):
Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer(s):
John Goldsmith
Producer(s):
Marvin J. ChomskyKonstantin ThoerenWolf Bauer
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    Hannah D.

    Even if you can look past the low-budget production values, this film still disappoints. Every scene lurches forward in time by months or years, often leaving the viewer wondering what is missing. In addition, the film plods along through seemingly endless bedroom scenes that do very little to move the story forward. Although Catherine was famous for her many lovers, I suspect that the pillow talk scenes were cheaper to film, so they stuffed the movie full of them. Sporadic voice-over narration by Zeta-Jones tries to tie everything together, but merely emphasizes the poor writing and lack of flow in the story. All in all, it could have been great, but it wasn't.

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    Manny L.

    The people who reviewed this film ahead of me showed very knowledge of how a low budget movie would view, and even less about the history of the characters involved. Nevertheless, the film disappointed, as Catherine the Great was a brilliant and enlightened ruler who literally brought Russia out of bankruptcy and the middle ages. The film did not quite do Catherine justice!

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    William H.

    The movie had a fine cast and some good writing. But it seems that someone liked lots of talking. That's what turned me off. Sorry folks, if you like British films, this one is for you.

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