Joan of Arc 1999

Critics score:
30 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Nothing less than a miracle saved France, The Messenger tells us, and nothing less than a miracle would be needed to rescue this film from itself. Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News: The English are uniformly and broadly portrayed as villainous louts, and today's four-letter oaths sound laughably anachronistic. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Both visually spectacular and staggeringly awful. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Read more

Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Half-baked. Read more

Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: It's hard to recommend it to people who like action and blood because of all the talking; and, because of all the blood, it's hard to recommend it to those who might be interested in the talk. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Read more

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Charles Taylor, Salon.com: I've never left a Luc Besson movie not thinking that the guy has Froot Loops for brains. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Read more

Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic: Milla Jovovich, who plays Joan, is a young woman who has been unmemorable in several pictures. Read more

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Todd McCarthy, Variety: The lack of a plausible leading lady is enough to sink what is otherwise an eye-catching, although heavily '90s-style, telling of one of history's most frequently filmed stories. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Besson seems to have no sense that Joan herself was giving a performance. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Like its almost-demented heroine, The Messenger is unnervingly consumed with energy. Read more