Movies like Lawrence of Arabia and Reds had the ability to sweep viewers away with their passion and grandeur. The only sweeping to be found in this case will be by the theater employee tasked with removing spilled popcorn from the auditorium floor.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 17, 2021

The Promise can... be faulted for a plot that is so dense that even attentive viewers can be excused for wondering, What's going on here?

| Jun 8, 2020

Not a great work, the film still manages to pack a great deal of power into its punches.

| May 6, 2020

Director Terry George brings to this story a special gift, honed in his Hotel Rwanda (2004), for choreographing the chaos of civil collapse, and the three stars serve him well.

| Apr 17, 2020

Shame that, save for a few effective sequences, the bulk of it is a terribly bland affair.

| Mar 26, 2020

... the filmmakers constantly interrupt the action to force the love triangle plot that doesn't work.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2020

Eye-opening, heartbreaking, thought-provoking and epic, The Promise is a film for the world to see.

| Oct 30, 2019

The Promise is a heartfelt film with noble ambitions

| Sep 18, 2019

The Promise is not a perfect drama but certainly is a worthwhile film for shining a spotlight on a too long forgotten shameful chapter in history.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 1, 2019

An impressive amount of access - and diligence - sets this true crime documentary apart from others.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 9, 2019

While quite epic in scope, The Promise never reaches such lofty heights, faltering between a passionate love story, which often fails to engage on an emotional level, and a historical narrative.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 12, 2019

The Promise doesn't quite reach the heights to which it aspires. That said, it's still a good and extremely well-intentioned film, one whose message is resonant and well worth being heard despite a few imperfections in the delivery.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 12, 2019

Its lack of focus and momentum is detrimental to the pacing, tone, and to the emotional connection with the characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 21, 2018

It never quite makes clear to what promise they're referring, but the flaws can be forgiven for the ambition of the story.

| Aug 21, 2018

The most important thing is that you will learn something that all Europeans should know. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 28, 2017

Those interested in an often-overlooked piece of history, and the resilience of the people who acted against it, will find The Promise to be engaging.

| Original Score: B | Dec 28, 2017

That awkward mix of romance and violence hobbles "The Promise," an otherwise well-intentioned attempt to dramatize the 1915 murder of over one million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 28, 2017

The Promise is directed by Terry George, who also helmed Hotel Rwanda, and it's a solid effort.

| Dec 19, 2017

The Armenian people deserve a better film bringing their horrific struggles into the spotlight, and maybe one will eventually come, but with that said the film isn't a complete disaster

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 5, 2017

Where the Muslim Turks and the Christian Armenians coexisted for centuries, drama, tragedy and also the film will flourish. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 20, 2017