Fresh
Scott gets strong performances from his supporting cast (Quick is sensual and effective) and is able to salvage the movie through the alchemy of the striking visuals.
Mark Chalon Smith, Los Angeles Times
The Duellists
Fencing is a science. Loving is a passion. Duelling is an obsession.
1977 · 1h 40m · PG
Drama, War
Directed by
Ridley Scott
Overview
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Keitel is jaunty and menancing and Carradine more determined and a bit troubled but also caught up in this strange need of one to prove honor and the other slaking a twisted nature.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
It is precise, intelligent, civilized, and because it never for a moment mistakes its narrative purpose.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
The film comes closer to working than it has any right to, given the curious casting (Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel) and director Ridley Scott's inability to sustain dramatic tension or build a coherent scene.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Keitel struggles gamely against a wooden Carradine, but the American influences further dislocate a script that delivers little observation, psychological or social, on their running feud.
Time Out
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