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Dominican Rep. Becket
2,384
Drama
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry than his predecessors were able to do. This ... [+]
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"A very fine, perhaps great, motion picture. It is costume drama but not routine, invigorated by story substance" | ||
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"Becket may seem like a movie of yesteryear, but its timeliness brims over with rousing, meditative discourses between Henry and the church leaders" | ||
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"Everything that Doctor Strangelove is -- daring and inspired, vibrant and brilliantly staged -- Becket is not." | ||
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"The pleasure of these two extravagantly gifted actors at the top of their game -- their diction! their conviction! their beauty! -- is enormous." | ||
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"In 1964, the film's innuendo might have seemed daring; today it's close to ridiculous." |
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