The Rider Named Death: Critic Reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 18 reviews

Dana Stevens New York Times (Top Critic)

40

If you like your antiheroes tall, pale and existential, you won't do better than Georges, the anti-czarist assassin at the heart of Karen Shakhnazarov's historical drama Rider Named Death.
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Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

63

Shakhnazarov's film effortlessly captures the times and the author's conflicted yet unyielding attitude, yet it never draws any conclusions -- the film remains under glass. It's watchable, nevertheless.
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Michael Atkinson Village Voice (Top Critic)

Shakhnazarov's movie doesn't quite rise to the possibilities, preferring a slack narrative line, an oddly underpopulated urban vibe, and an overall air of life-is-cheap detachment.
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Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)

63

There are few real revelations to be found among these curiously dispassionate radicals, making the overall experience sort of like seeing the movie, instead of reading the book.
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Ronnie Scheib Variety (Top Critic)

Exquisite, self-contained curio.
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V.A. Musetto New York Post (Top Critic)

50

You have to wonder why Shakhnazarov, one of Russian's most experienced filmmakers, didn't take more care with the script.
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Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

60

The force of the film is not as profound as Shakhnazarov clearly intended, and The Rider Named Death is easier to respect than enjoy.
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Trevor Johnston Time Out New York

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Eric Monder Film Journal International

Could have been livelier and more suspenseful given the subject matter, but it remains effectively made throughout.
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Time Out

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies

60

It's worth a look; maybe there's more to Georges's blank slate than can be gleaned on one viewing, and the beginning and end of the film are worth the price of admission.
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AV Club

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Tim Cogshell Boxoffice Magazine

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E! Online

67

The film gives viewers a rare glimpse of prerevolutionary Moscow. And be happy that it's only a glimpse.
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Sean Axmaker Seattle Post-Intelligencer

59

... a colorful, bustling recreation of 1906 Moscow and an unexpectedly uneasy view of this people's revolution.
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Kent Turner Film-Forward.com

56

This is one of the rare films where you can not only see, but feel the sweat.
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Ken Fox TV Guide's Movie Guide

70

Think of it as a dark, suspenseful scenario penned by Joseph Conrad and designed by Toulouse-Lautrec and Auguste Renoir, and jump right in.
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Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews

Political film short on politics
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