Rotten
Despite an eye-catching but mannered central performance from Ben Kingsley, looms as too languid and remote to make much impact.
Variety Staff, Variety
Pascali's Island
At the end of an empire, a mystery began.
1988 · 1h 44m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
James Dearden
Overview
1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archaeologist appears, who may not be quite what he seems.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The milieu may seem remote but the performances illuminate, and the story has an originality that compensates for the modest budget.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
Slow and stately, Pascali's Island never gets beneath its own superficial gentility.
Caryn James, New York Times
Rotten
A literary adaptation that takes itself so seriously one longs for Gilligan and the Skipper.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh
It is a mood piece, meditative, in which even the melodrama of the plot grows out of the flawed souls of the characters. Everything in a film like this depends on performance, and it is hard to imagine how it could have been better cast.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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