Rotten
Why another version of this oft-filmed tale?
Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times
One Night with the King
Feel The Touch Of Destiny
2006 · 2h 3m · PG
Drama, History
Directed by
Michael O. Sajbel
Overview
In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.
Director and cast
- Michael O. Sajbel Director
- Tiffany Dupont as Hadassah / Esther
- Peter O'Toole as Samuel, the Prophet
- Luke Goss as King Xerxes
- John Noble as Prince Admantha
- Omar Sharif as Prince Memucan
- John Rhys-Davies as Mordecai
- James Callis as Haman, the Agagite
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Hegai, the Royal Eunuch
- Javen Campbell as Prince Tarshish
- Jyoti Dogra as Queen Vashti
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
19%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The movie devolves into a talky, static affair featuring a cast with wildly varying accents and acting abilities.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Esther's triumph isn't because of divine intervention. It's her humanity and bravery that make her a legend, and make that One Night worth remembering, 2,500 years later.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Unfortunately [O'Toole and Sharif are] separated by five centuries, and never share a scene. For a movie with the most righteous of intentions, that's perhaps the most grievous moviemaking sins of all.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
The cinematography and sets look great, but the script is a bummer. It's overlong, overwrought and overblown.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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