As much larger-than-life character study as war drama, the film made a star of Peter O’Toole, whose intense performance brings T.E. Lawrence alive as the blue-eyed desert warrior and obsessive dreamer ...

| Nov 16, 2024

It may be said that the weary melancholy underlying Lawrence of Arabia stems from the stupefying apprehension that, whereas England may have been doomed to civilize the world, no power under heaven can civilize England.

| May 1, 2024

As the larger-than-life, controversial, and complicated titular T.E. Lawrence, Peter O’Toole gives one of the singular performances in the history of film. His immense onscreen presence is a worthy juxtaposition for the man he portrays.

| Jun 8, 2023

The second half isn’t quite as compelling as the first, but to paraphrase a comment I once read regarding another film: The first half is pure perfection, and then it devolves into one of the best movies ever made.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 15, 2023

I mean, c’mon, what do you want me to say? It’s a classic.

| Aug 30, 2022

Lawrence of Arabia taken as a whole is a genuine, sometimes even a profound interpretation of character. And that alone, even without the great aesthetic beauties, would make the film unique in the cinema of historical reconstruction.

| Aug 8, 2022

They don't make movies like this anymore. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 12, 2022

While not originally considered to play Lawrence, O’Toole was eventually offered the part which became his breakthrough role earning him the first of eight Academy Award Nominations

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 13, 2022

Sixty years after its 1962 theatrical release, Lawrence of Arabia remains one of the greatest films ever made from an epic standpoint but it isn't without flaws.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 7, 2022

This is an epic, not just because it runs nearly four hours, but because of the measured and deliberate pacing, tangible sets and action sequences, and the willingness to explore humankind’s folly due to pride and greed.

| Jun 7, 2022

The film is impeccably designed from every element on the screen, and words can often fail to accurately describe the elegance that is crafted.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 25, 2022

This motion picture is unlike any epic because after enduring so many perils in an enormous journey, the size of which had never been seen in a Hollywood production, the questions about T.E. Lawrence remain.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 23, 2022

The film’s real protagonist is the Arabian Desert -- a state of physical oppression and a state of mind made as compelling for the moviegoer as it must have been for Lawrence himself.

| Feb 10, 2022

"Lawrence of Arabia" is an intensely captivating biographical portrait of a brilliant and controversial figure whose character develops over the backdrop of World War I.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 27, 2021

An undeniable technical achievement with its breathtaking scenery, epic score & gorgeous cinematography. The story isn't its strongest suit, but it can be overlooked by its visuals.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 24, 2021

All in all, however, I would say that Mr. Spiegel and his associates have done a creditable job with an almost impossible subject.

| Apr 21, 2021

From the early shots laid on the sun-hot sands there is grandeur and awe-inspiring, stark splendor, against which men fight and die, battle for their ambitions and then see their dearest ideals crushed by uncaring, mercenary politicians.

| Apr 20, 2021

Peter O'Toole s blond, Irish amd a captivating personality. He brings the character of T. K. Lawrence into splendid focus in the film.

| Apr 20, 2021

Whatever Lawrence was, he makes an intriguing subject for dramatization. In the role, Peter O'Toole is most effective in conveying the many facets of the man's personality.

| Apr 20, 2021

Spiegel and Bolt and David Lean have run into an old problem with biographical art: they have invented too much to please biographers, and yet they have not taken the bolder liberties that make art.

| Apr 20, 2021