Sarah Karina-Bogart
9Nov11
straight up.
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Michael Harbour
13Jan12
The hyper-colored finale is interesting. Still not an Eisenstein film I'd recommend for anyone not deeply interested in film history
Howard Orr
25Dec11
I always thought this was better than Part I. The last twenty to twenty-five minutes of Part II is to me the best thing the guy ever did.
Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
3Sep10
Part II when compared to the first comes off a bit boring and talky, and Eisenstein's strength wasn't in dialogue. The finale is amazing, and the color banquet is extravagant, but awkwardly shot and just sort of placed there. The schizophrenia just goes way too unchecked at the end of this one, and rather than hypnotic it's a tad obnoxious. I just wish Eisenstein had lived to complete his trilogy.
Daniel S.
11Sep09
If the second part of Ivan the Terrible is not as brilliant as the first part, there are however in this film scenes worthy to stay in the annals of Cinema: Ivan's banquet in color, the monk's processions in the cathedral, the scenes between Efrosinia and her son Vladimir. Highly recommended.