Despite the beautiful locale and an impressive cast, we’re never given a compelling reason to care about any element of this tedious and soulless awards-grubber. Even the mandolin doesn’t matter!

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 3, 2023

Without the deeper political, historical, and emotional contexts of the best-selling Louis de Bernieres novel the movie is based on, director John Madden's film ultimately doesn't carry enough weight.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 15, 2022

Captain Corelli's Mandolin is just the latest example of why many books should not be turned into films, literacy should be promoted in our educational institutions and sub-titles should be used on films requiring foreign accents.

| Nov 7, 2019

All these goodies are crammed into an overproduced jumble that searches vainly for a proper tone.

| Mar 8, 2018

| Original Score: C | Sep 7, 2011

Nicolas Cage and Penlope Cruz are ill-matched, and the range of heavy accents is distracting.

| Sep 19, 2008

Strikes too many false notes on the dramatic side to add up to a satisfying emotional experience.

| Aug 7, 2008

As a grand love story and a stirring war movie, Corelli ultimately falls short.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 1, 2006

The film's perfectly watchable, but it's never more than that.

| Feb 9, 2006

A romance as spectacular as this novel is, it still has a difficult job making the leap to the screen.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 20, 2003

...Touching and at the same time brutal, brimming with the emotional conflict that surges within its characters.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Gorgeous to look at and well-played, it's definitely watchable, yet strangely uninvolving.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2002

A lot of talent was squandered on this incoherent grab bag of war-movie moments.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 15, 2002

A historical drama that simply fails to make convincing human connections.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 10, 2002

The stunning look of this film took my breath away and overcame its shortcomings for me.

| Aug 2, 2002

Yet another WWII love triangle that suffers from bad acting, but looks great!

Full Review | Jul 9, 2002

...feels as if it has been manufactured in a chop shop of former Oscar winners and nauseating Miramax 'prestige' puff pieces.

Full Review | Jun 21, 2002

The Greek tourism board couldn't have turned out a more persuasive commercial. Buying the various twists and turns of Shawn Slovo's screenplay, however, is more difficult.

| Jun 9, 2002

La novela, disponible en cualquier librera, es una gran realizacin; desgraciadamente al llevarla a los 24 cuadros por segundo, perdi mucha de su fuerza.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 8, 2002

If there is one word to describe this movie, it would be 'safe.'

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 26, 2002