Agora

M
2009
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120 mins
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Historial drama set in Roman Egypt, centered on Hypatia (Rachel Weisz), history’s first recorded female mathematician-philosopher and atheist. She... More

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Agora | Ratings & Reviews

"The mother of all secular humanists fights a losing battle against freshly minted religious zealots in Agora, a visually imposing, high-minded epic that ambitiously puts one of the pivotal moments in Western history onscreen for the first time."

VarietyVariety

"High-minded and ambitious, Agora is also resplendent and rich, full of striking images. A pity then it’s all such hard work: laboured plotting, heavy-handed dialogue and about as much direction as a broken compass."

Total FilmTotal Film

"A bit of a puzzle. This is a good thing, since most movies plop down in easily recognizable categories and stay there, troubling neither their own intellectual inertia nor that of the audience."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"This is a movie about ideas, a drama based on the ancient war between science and superstition. At its center is a woman who in the fourth century A.D. was a scientist, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and teacher, respected in Egypt, although women were not expected to be any of those things."

Roger EbertRoger Ebert

"The subject is absorbing, but the lack of differentiation in dramatic levels makes the film feel longer than its 126 minutes."

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times

"It is a pleasure to see Weisz's scenes of scientific inquiry, which capture the passion of research and discovery without artifice or pretension. That the scientist is a woman makes it all the more engaging."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Always intelligent and thought-provoking, it's a welcome return from Amenábar."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

"Weisz makes for a vivid, charismatic Hypatia, but the script lets her down."

A.V. ClubA.V. Club

Agora | Details

Rating
M, contains violence
Runtime
120
Genre
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country of origin
Spain

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