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Arisa

29Feb12

Oldest use of the word "hater" I've heard so far. NICE.

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Daniela

24Sep11

Pretty good, actually. Three plus hours were well paced. Close to the book.

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Sean Keeley

12Jul11

It's entertaining enough, but a far cry from Tolstoy and yes, many of the leads are woefully miscast. Especially Fonda, but also Ferrer, Lom, and Homolka. Audrey Hepburn is rather good, though.

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gojira

13Apr10

The miscasting in this film continually pulls you out of the story. An absurd mess that borders on the unwatchable.

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IA

20Jan10

Vidor's adaptation suffers from a script that was rewritten during shooting, bad casting (Henry Fonda as Pierre?!), chaotic working conditions in Italy, and a final cut that was not Vidor's. Yet the film remains an impressive condensation of Tolstoy, filmed with a clarity and grace missing from the often bombastic and vulgar Russian mega-production. I wish Vidor had Bondarchuk's budget and running time.

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NU

23Dec09

Did they tried to turn 'War and Peace' into a new 'Gone with the Wind'? This would explain a lot. The movie script is disappointing and the sound is terrible. Audrey Hepburn is the only good thing that happened to this movie. I suggest you read the book and watch 'Voyna i mir' (1967), a 4 part epic Soviet movie.