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Phuong Le Guardian Edge of the World might work as an ode to bygone swashbuckling classics, but Brooke deserves a much more nuanced biopic. Rated: 2/5 Jun 14, 2021 Full Review Lindsey Bahr ...
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- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
- Michael Haussman
- Adventure, History, Drama
Jun 3, 2021 · To play the British adventurer Sir James Brooke in “Edge of the World,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers sets his jaw and fixes his gaze on the middle distance. The performance — stiff, remote ...
- 104 min
- Jeannette Catsoulis
Jun 3, 2021 · ‘Edge of the World’ Review: All-Too-Familiar Historical Epic Explores the Old and the New Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in fine form as 19th-century explorer Sir James Brooke in this Terrence Malick ...
Jun 2, 2021 · Published 1:29 PM PDT, June 2, 2021. If the new adventure film “ Edge of the World ,” about a British explorer and soldier in 1840s Borneo, seems suspiciously like “The Man Who Would Be King” and “Lord Jim,” it’s for good reason. It was the inspiration for both. Both Rudyard Kipling and Joseph Conrad were moved by the true story ...
Jun 4, 2021 · Summary. Edge of the World is a familiar-feeling period drama that owes a debt to Terrence Malick, but it’s far from the worst example of such things. This review of Edge of the World is spoiler-free. In Michael Haussman’s Edge of the World, Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays Sir James Brooke, an English explorer with the kind of progressive ...
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 56% approval rating based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Although it falls short as a biopic of the fascinating figure at its center, Edge of the World offers a visually and dramatically engaging glimpse of Victorian-era colonialism."
Despite the best efforts of the cast, Edge of the World rarely rises above a surface-level exploration of an iconoclastic, non-traditional English adventurer. Full Review | Aug 19, 2021.
