The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
R | 12 November 1999 (USA)
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In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. Following her mission to reclaim god's diminished kingdom - through her amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.

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VeteranLight

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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Platicsco

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

BelSports

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Scarlet

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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Ahmed Adam

i never wrote any movie review before, but I felt that it's too bad to let someone else suffer by watching it. the movie star was a disaster and totally fake. i think any other actor could've played it better than her.if i could give it below 1 as rating i would but unfortunately, 1 is the least. 2 hours wasted for nothing.

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anordall

Was Jeanne d'Arc a supermodel? Did she, at least, look like one? Miss Jojovich does, and perhaps this is the reason why she can't keep her mouth closed - she thinks she is in a sensual performance for a TV ad. She is blonde in the beginning of the movie, yet she has dark-brown hair in the end, quite appropriate for a supermodel. Together with the ultra-British English of all actors and the use of modern jargon and slang, these are items that add to this total disaster I had to witness during 2 and a half precious hours of my life. Besson should be ashamed of signing such a film. Not being able to follow Victor Fleming in his 1948 version of the story, duly and truly metaphysical, he cooks up a hard-to-digest mixture of baby and middle-aged Christs, angels, demons, ghosts and the like. To say nothing of Jojovich's hysterical shouting, which adds to her very poor acting. All my sympathy to Cassel and the few others who give a decent performance, but this does not save the film.

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Joshua Mcnellis

Any practicing Christian, especially Roman Catholic, should NOT watch this liberal, leftist, pathetic portrayal of Joan of Arc. The movie starts off great, and does a COMPLETE 180 half way through the movie. I knew it was going to crap as soon as Dustin Hoffman 's character came into the scene. Almost threw my TV out into the middle of the street. Hollywood's constant attempts to degrade Christians, their beliefs, and their martyrs, Saints, is disgusting. Never see any movies portray other Religions or leaders of any minority groups/movements, any leftist crappy causes in a negative or disrespectful light. Anyone who would give this pile of s..t more than a 1 star speaks volumes about their beliefs and mindset.

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ben_robertson

It seems to me that there must be more to the life of Joan of Arc, a figure about which I have heard all my life, than is portrayed in this film. Perhaps it is a difficult subject to dramatize, although the summary sounds dramatic enough to me. What comes through here is rather a critique of religion and spirituality and mysticism. The result is Joan of Arc as misguided child, Joan of Arc as psychotic young woman. These criticisms for what they are worth do not help make the film entertaining. While I was initially taken by the historical detail, I ended up spending most of my time wondering how France could have fallen for this child. Hunger Games, for a modern example, presents a much more credible heroine who is used by the powers that be for their own ends. That to me is an interesting story that has emotional content. Joan of Arc the film raises interesting questions but it is not entertaining or moving and I suppose in the end when a girl gets burned at the stake I want to be moved. I think the film could have been improved by a more faithful treatment of the history which I must believe was more interesting than this film for the name Joan of Arc to come down to us so prominently through the ages.

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