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- Although it falls short as a biopic of the fascinating figure at its center, Edge of the World offers a visually and dramatically engaging glimpse of Victorian-era colonialism.
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Jun 3, 2021 · Reviews. Jun 3, 2021 10:14am PT. ‘Edge of the World’ Review: All-Too-Familiar Historical Epic Explores the Old and the New. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in fine form as 19th-century explorer Sir...
Jun 4, 2021 · Summary. Edge of the World is a familiar-feeling period drama that owes a debt to Terrence Malick, but it’s far from the worst example of such things. This review of Edge of the World is spoiler-free. In Michael Haussman’s Edge of the World, Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays Sir James Brooke, an English explorer with the kind of progressive ...
Jun 3, 2021 · Earnestly directed by Michael Haussman from Rob Allyn’s awed script, “Edge of the World” plugs its narrative gaps with corn and cliché.
The website's critics consensus reads: "Although it falls short as a biopic of the fascinating figure at its center, Edge of the World offers a visually and dramatically engaging glimpse of Victorian-era colonialism."
May 31, 2021 · ‘Edge of the World’ Review: A British white man's burden, re-examined Director Michael Huissman captures Borneo's beauty with the eye of Terence Malick while Jonathan Rhys Meyer's wrestles with the responsibility of becoming the country's first white Rajah.
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Although it falls short as a biopic of the fascinating figure at its center, Edge of the World offers a visually and dramatically engaging glimpse of Victorian-era colonialism. Read Critics...
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The adventures of Sir James Brooke, who defied the British Empire to rule a jungle kingdom in 1840s Borneo, embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy, slavery and head-hunting, and inspired LORD JIM and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING. Director. Michael Haussman. Writer. Rob Allyn. Stars. Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Josie Ho. Dominic Monaghan.
