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  • 50
    The New York Times |

    A far, far cry from “Lawrence of Arabia,” but it has its diversions. Read full review

  • 40
    The Guardian | Andrew Pulver

    There's undoubtedly a good film to be made out of the scramble for oil in the Arabian desert in the 1920s – but this, for all its herculean efforts, is not it. Read full review

  • 40
    Total Film |

    Banderas hams and Pinto flutters. If it weren’t for Strong and some colourful art direction, you could chalk this up as a busted well. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety |

    Helmer/co-scripter Jean-Jacques Annaud's rep for spectacle over screenplay is again borne out in this overblown yet oddly anemic epic of warring Arabian tribes during the nascent oil boom. Read full review

  • 40
    Empire | Angie Errigo

    Ambitious but very tedious and talkatively hackneyed, redeemed just a smidge by the money shots of a swarm of extras on horseback sweeping across the sands. Read full review

  • 0
    Slant Magazine | Diego Costa

    There's an enormous amount of perverse pleasure to be had here for those who get off on the annihilation of nuance. Read full review

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