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The Duellists

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A duel between two feuding Napoleonic officers D'Hubert and Feraud eventually evolves into a 16-year-old series of violent sword and pistol duels, after each bout, for various reasons, ends unresolved.
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DVDLaser

June 14, 2007

the film improves with multiple screenings, as a viewer becomes less concerned about the outcome of each engagement, and more interested in the passion that is driving it.
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Empire Magazine
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June 03, 2012

The richness of Scott's visuals, the excellence of the performances and the depth of the themes combine to make a minor masterpiece.
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Time Out
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January 26, 2006

Keitel struggles gamely against a wooden Carradine, but the American influences further dislocate a script that delivers little observation, psychological or social, on their running feud.
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Cinema em Cena

April 30, 2004

A magnífica fotografia, a bela direção de arte e as ótimas atuações se transformam em meros detalhes frente à impressionante estréia de Ridley Scott na direção de longas.
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New York Times

May 20, 2003

It is precise, intelligent, civilized, and because it never for a moment mistakes its narrative purpose.
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Parallax View
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March 24, 2013

... one of the most strikingly pictorial movies ever made.
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Los Angeles Times
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June 03, 2012

Scott gets strong performances from his supporting cast (Quick is sensual and effective) and is able to salvage the movie through the alchemy of the striking visuals.
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TV Guide
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June 03, 2012

Scott's approach to his material seems essentially a stylistic one; it imposes itself upon the story rather than visa-versa, giving an account of the Napoleonic wars that lacks passion and depth, despite the expert visuals.
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Chicago Reader
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January 01, 2000

The film comes closer to working than it has any right to, given the curious casting (Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel) and director Ridley Scott's inability to sustain dramatic tension or build a coherent scene.
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Turner Classic Movies Online
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December 06, 2009

Interiors are bathed in the golden light of candlelight and nostalgia, like a period painting in motion, while exteriors are wrapped in fog and mist.
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Variety
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October 18, 2008

Keitel is jaunty and menancing and Carradine more determined and a bit troubled but also caught up in this strange need of one to prove honor and the other slaking a twisted nature.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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April 05, 2015

The accounts of the wars lack passion and left me more disinterested in this brilliant story than I should have been.
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