Of course, it’s Gandhi himself who will continue to make Empire’s quake, but this film adaptation of his life brings him to the masses in a profoundly digestible and artful way.

| Apr 25, 2025

[A] stirring tale of one of the most remarkable men to walk this earth... The Gandhi movie is large in so many ways.

| Dec 26, 2023

You have to read about Attenborough’s deep commitment to the subject, because you couldn’t guess it from what’s on the screen. There is no trace of a point of view; the film feels as if it were directed by a committee.

| Sep 19, 2023

Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi is about as good a historical biopic as you will find, cemented by one of cinema’s all-time great performances by Ben Kingsley.

| Jun 27, 2023

Given the inherent obstacles in Gandhi, Richard Attenborough has directed an astonishingly successful epic that pulls audiences along on an emotional tether for nearly 3.5 hours.

| Aug 2, 2022

While this is a good and worthy film rather than a great one, there is greatness in the performance of the British actor Ben Kingsley.

| Jul 19, 2022

Like the man himself, Gandhi is not totally successful, but it comes closer to perfection than most.

| Jul 19, 2022

Gandhi is one of the few films in recent years that deserves to be called an epic. It is a magnificent panorama of the life and achievements of Mahatma Gandhi.

| Jul 19, 2022

At the end of the three-hours-and-10-minutes (plus intermission) running time, it's clear that Attenborough's subject was infinitely more daring than his chronicler. Still, it is almost impossible not to at least like Gandhi.

| Jul 19, 2022

With its cast of thousands, breathtaking photography and mesmerizing Ravi Shankar score, Gandhi is inspiring, enlightening, and amazingly enough -- entertaining as the life and above all spirit of the greatest 20th century humanitarian unfolds.

| Jul 19, 2022

There's nothing inherently offensive in making a plushly expensive epic about Gandhi, but aesthetically, the idea seems inappropriate: there's too much money on the screen, and not enough Mahatma.

| Jul 19, 2022

The brain of the $22 million, 3-hour and 8-minute, straightforward telling of Gandhi's political life is Attenborough's measured, meticulous direction. Its miraculous heart is a wise and powerful performance in the title role by Ben Kingsley.

| Jul 19, 2022

Gandhi is exactly what a great motion picture should be. It's uplifting, inspiring, enthralling, provocative, educational and entertaining.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 19, 2022

The movie finally lacks the essential spark of artistry that illuminates the greatest of these epic biographies, Lawrence of Arabia. But in a naughty world, it is a good work nonetheless.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 19, 2022

Gandhi is a triumph, a great achievement, and a masterful look at history that manages to avoid becoming anything as trite as an epic.

| Jul 19, 2022

The truly epic film is with us once again in Gandhi, and with it comes an absolutely towering performance by British stage actor Ben Kingsley who makes a stunning film debut in the title role.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 19, 2022

It is not easy to make goodness, in this case saintliness, interesting, but Attenborough and Kingsley have achieved it. There isn't a slow or dull moment in its three and a half hours running time.

| Jul 19, 2022

When every hole has been picked in it, and every disadvantage detailed, the film remains not only a very honorable tribute to one of our beleaguered century's greatest figures, but watchable, moving and certainly Attenborough's best [film].

| Jul 19, 2022

Kingsley, who is making his film debut as Gandhi, has not only physically transformed himself into a near perfect incarnation of Gandhi over 55 years; he also expresses the unique dimensions of the man.

| Jul 19, 2022

Gandhi is portrayed by Ben Kingsley, who gives an uncanny and charismatic performance, and he is assisted by some of India's finest character actors.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 19, 2022