2001 Directed by Alan Taylor
Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenormand, sneak into Paris, then Lenormand will reveal himself and Napoleon will regain his throne. Things don't go at all well; first, the journey proves more difficult than expected, but more disastrously, Lenormand enjoys himself too much to reveal the deception. Napoleon adjusts somewhat uneasily to the life of a commoner while waiting, while Lenormand gorges on rich food.
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What makes a man great? Is it the distinction of his titles? The respect of his peers? The love of his family? More than a comedy about mistaken identities, "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a study on the subject of greatness and what really means to achieve it.
One of the great what ifs in cinema is Stanley Kubrick's epic biopic of Napoleon, often slated to star Ian Holm in the title role. Whilst we can only wonder at the spectacle of this ultimately unproduced movie, we do at least have the opportunity to see Holm play Bonaparte on screen, not once, not twice, but three times; the 1970s TV serial Napoleon and Love, Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits and this 2001 film from director Alan Taylor loosely based on the novel The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys.
Taylor's film is both polished and pleasant, blessed with a fine central performance from Holm, both as the emperor and as the peasant he trades places with to escape St…
Alan Taylor’s British drama. Ian Holm plays both the exiled Napoleon, eager to return to glory, and the lowly sailor who takes his place in jail, both of whose lives and ambitions take very unexpected turns.
The overthrown emperor Napoleon (Ian Holm) comes up with a plan to have a doppelganger (also Holm) take his place while he attempts to return to France. However, the doppelganger start to really like his life of indulgence.
Ian Holm gives a good performance in his double role as Napoleon and Eugene. Napoleon is the defeated emperor whose plan goes awry, while Eugene is Napoleon’s substitute who enjoys his luxury.
Elsewhere, Clive Russell is fine in his role as the loyal agent Sergeant Bommell,…
When your dad makes you watch a movie… hated this shitty movie for so many reasons
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Task #26: A movie scored by a female composer
Napoleon Bonaparte (Ian Holm), exiled to Helena, decides to sneak back into Paris to reclaim his throne, only to get sidetracked by a village and its people. Uneven but quite charming comedy-drama has some good moments and a terrific performance from Holm as the ex-ruler and his doppelganger.
Fine score by Rachel Portman.
This movie is a nice little what-if story that has some very good performances and just slightly too predictable story line. It's interesting enough, though, for me because it's a period piece about a fascinating historical figure. I did think, though, that if you're going to have someone playing Napoleon, they need to at least attempt a French accent. Outside of that, I thought Ian Holmes was pretty good--even at capturing the pomp and arrogance of the emperor--but I think Napoleon would role over in his grave to know that a movie depicted him where he spoke in a British accent. I also dug the score.
The book sounds much better, but the book doesn't have Ian Holm and nowadays we are allowed to have visuals in our stories so I'd say this is preferred.
Napoleon spent twenty years raping and pillaging across Europe, killing millions and causing untold misery in his vainglorious efforts to build a French Empire. So here’s a rom com about him. Next up, an ageing Hitler falls for a Brazilian fishmonger.
That weirdness apart, this hangs on a typically emotional and intelligent performance by Ian Holm as the Emperor who escapes St Helena, discovering that the world no longer needs him, and has begun to heal, as well as the hapless doppelgänger who has replaced him in his island prison.
The rest of the cast, mostly British light comedy actors, are all fine, but it’s Holm who elevates this from total pap to something watchable.
A good movie with a wealth of entertainment value. Privvy to the history might make this film even more enjoyable than it already was for a history-inept dude-bruh like me. Yet I was able to hold my own in keeping up and following the revelations throughout thanks to the film's simple yet fun nature overall. Even gushing about this film in this review is fun. A clutch ending to the picture too!
I laughed out loud to a handful of moments of this seemingly more-drama-than-comedy film. That's a good mark of being dynamic in a movie. A lovely quality that can bring any film to four stars, not to say this film wouldn't have received its four-star cinematary rank without…
