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 Film Review - Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The

Oh ... My ... God! This Sucks! They should have burned this film along with Joan of Arc!

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc is a long boring film that leaves you wondering why Director Luc Besson thought this was so damned important to waste his time doing this.

The film revolves around Joan, and young girl who witnesses her sister's death and rape (in that order) at the hands of English invaders. Joan grows up and decides that God is talking to her. God apparently wants the English out of France and has decided that Joan is just the girl he's looking for.

Joan (Milla Jovovich) is portrayed as irrational, angry, and argumentative. There's no compelling reason for the audience to like her. Quite frankly, you get the impression that she is nuts. That's nice but do we need 150 minutes of this?

The only redeeming performance in the film is Dustin Hoffman as Joan's Conscience. Hoffman plays it low key, just enough to get the point across. Everyone else is over the top.

The battles are the only part of the film where the audience wakes up for a few minutes. But even they aren't worth the effort. This is just a disaster of a film. You really don't want to blow your time or money on this horrible movie.

Sucks and Blows!

Film Facts

    Cast
  • Milla Jovovich
  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Faye Dunaway
  • John Malkovich
  • Tcheky Karyo
  • Pascal Greggory
  • Vincent Cassel
  • Richard Ridings
  • Desmond Harrington
  • Timothy West
  • Rab Affleck
  • Stephane Algoud
  • Edwin Apps
  • David Bailie
  • David Barber
  • Christian Barbier
  • Timothy Bateson
  • David Begg
  • Christian Bergner
  • Andrew Birkin
  • Dominic Borrelli
  • John Boswall
  • Matthew Bowyer
  • Paul Brooke
  • Bruce Byron
  • Charles Cork
  • Patrice Cossoneau
  • Tony D'Amario
  • Daniel Daujon
  • Tonio Descanvelle
  • Philippe Du Janerand
  • Sylviane Duparc
  • Barbara Elbourn
  • Christian Erickson
  • Tara Flanagan
  • Bruno Flender
  • Serge Fournier
  • David Gant
  • Sid Golder
  • Jessica Goldman
  • Framboise Gommendy
  • Robert Goodman
  • Jean-Pierre Gos
  • Joanne Greenwood
  • Bernard Grenet
  • Valerie Griffiths
  • Timothee Grimbalt
  • Richard Guille
  • Thierry Guilmard
  • Jerome Hankins
  • Jacques Herlin
  • Len Hibberd
  • Didier Hoarau
  • Vera Jakob
  • Michael Jenn
  • Toby Jones
  • Gerard Krawczyk
  • Richard Leaf
  • Franck Ledreton
  • Joseph Malerba
  • Dominique Marcas
  • Eric Mariotto
  • Rene Marquant
  • Carl McCrystal
  • Gina McKee
  • Phil McKee
  • Simon Meacock
  • John Merrick
  • Joseph O'Conor
  • Quentin Ogier
  • Kevin O'Neill
  • Melanie Page
  • Brian Pettifer
  • Philip Philmar
  • Enee Piat
  • Irving Pompepui
  • Brian Poyser
  • Olivier Rabourdin
  • Vincent Regan
  • Rene Remblier
  • Joseph Rezwin
  • Ralph Riach
  • Mark Richards
  • Malcolm Rogers
  • Tara Romer
  • Julie-Anne Rauth
  • Olga Sekulic
  • Joseph Sheridan
  • Eric Tonetto
  • Vincent Tulli
  • Jane Valentine
  • Jemima West
  • Tat Whalley
  • Peter Whitfield
  • Frederic Witta

Directed by Luc Besson

Released in 1999

MPAA Rating: R

Reviewed by Mongo