September 25, 2009
A brilliant murder mystery set in a very grim 14th-century Benedictine monastery. It?s a classic!
Christian Slater, Elya Baskin, F Murray Abraham
A progressive monk solves a mysterious death in a monastery with the help of his young novice.
DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004
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May 29, 2009In this adaptation of Umberto Eco's celebrated novel, Franciscan friar Sean Connery investigates a series of bizarre murders in a monastery in the 14th century. Aside from the rather unusual subject matter, this is a unique film in that it does not feature the usual starlets and ...( read more)
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May 28, 2008As a great fan of the book, I was determined to separate the film from it. And, when you do, the movie is actually very enjoyable.
It's faithful to the novel, I'll add. But, ignoring that, it's a cold look at the neuroticism hidden under the surface of many - if not all ...( read more) -
April 29, 2008Although Sean Connery's Franciscan sleuth is called William of Baskerville, and he's prone to declaring his feats of reasoning as 'elementary' to an intellectually inferior companion, he is not a worthy, Medieval precursor to Sherlock Holmes - at least not in this 'Palimpsest' of...( read more)
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November 4, 2009Whilst watching this movie I tried really hard to think of the meaning of the movie. But I couldn't. Then I tried really hard to describe the movie in a few words. But I couldn't.
This is one of the worst movies I've seen for a long time, it was supposed to be a detective story ...( read more) -
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October 22, 2009This movie is great, one of the gems of Connery's career.
It's like Sherlock Holmes, but in medieval times;
Sean Connery is completely believable as a monk in this movie.
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October 2, 2009The Name of the Rose (original title, Der Name der Rose) is a German-French-Italian 1986 film, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Christian Slater is his apprentice Ad...( read more)
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