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Doctor Zhivago

1965

David Lean

Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Alec Guinness ...

7.9

36,918

Drama. Romance. Adventure Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak, "Doctor Zhivago" covers the years prior to, during, and after the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of poet/physician Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif). In the tradition of Russian novels, a multitude of characters and subplots intertwine within the film's 197 minutes. Zhivago is married to Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), but carries on an affair with Lara (Julie Christie), who ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"Bolt has reduced the vast upheaval of the Russian Revolution to the banalities of a doomed romance (...) The decor and color photography are as brilliant, tasteful, and exquisite as any ever put on the screen."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Although its portentous historical drama evaporates once you return to the fresh air, watching it can be seductive (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"[It] is intelligent and handsomely mounted, though it doesn't use its length to build to a particularly complex emotional effect."	NEU
United States	James Powers The Hollywood Reporter	"'Doctor Zhivago' is more than a masterful motion picture; it is a life experience (...) A majestic, magnificent picture of war and peace, on a national scale and scaled down to the persona"	POS
United States	A.D. Murphy Variety	"One of the most meticulously designed and executed films (...) Lean has devoted as much care to physical values as he has to his players"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It’s impossible not be swept along by David Lean’s epic film (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"Lean squeezes all the pathos that he can out of the romance between Sharif's Yuri Zhivago and Julie Christie's febrile and gorgeous Lara Antipova (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Stories about love in a world gone mad don't come any more gorgeous, or any more sweepingly epic, than this (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke Time Out	"'Doctor Zhivago' does it bigger and better than anything else (...) This is a love story to sink your teeth into (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"Lean retains the intimacy of the love story within the sweep of momentous historical events. Sharif excels in the lead (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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