BEN-HUR

‪2016‬

‪2 h 4 min‬

‪English audio‬

‪CC‬ ‪PG-13‬

‪38‬

‪24%‬

"Ben-Hur" returns to the heart of Lew Wallace's epic novel, focusing on the nature of faith. The story follows a falsely accused nobleman who survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him. Both must come to choose between retribution or forgiveness.

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"Ben-Hur" is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but an encounter with Jesus (Rodrigo Santoro) leads him to the Crucifixion, where he discovers forgiveness and finds redemption. Based on Lew Wallace's timeless novel, "Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ." Also starring Morgan Freeman.

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Additional information

Directors

Timur Bekmambetov

Studio

MGM

Subtitles

English (CC)

Released year

2016

Age rating

Parental guidance 13

Duration

2 h 4 min

Genres

Action/Adventure
Drama

Writers

Keith Clare
John Ridley

Size

7.15 GB (1080p HD)
3.36 GB (720p HD)
2.55 GB (SD)

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Tomatometer®

24 %

180 critic reviews

Audience

53 %

18,921 user reviews

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Chicago Reader

8/25/2016 by J. R. Jones

Though it seems unlikely to dislodge William Wyler's 1959 version, its story of a Judean prince (Jack Huston) who keeps running into Jesus of Nazareth (Rodrigo Santoro) offers plenty of action and spectacle.
ReelViews

8/21/2016 by James Berardinelli

An amateurish effort that boasts direct-to-video characteristics, the latest version disappoints in almost every production aspect.

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San Francisco Chronicle

8/21/2016 by Mick LaSalle

Something soulless and empty, with all the mystery and grandeur of the tale just gone.

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Rolling Stone

8/20/2016 by Peter Travers

The last of the summer's movie epics is a digitalized eyesore hobbled in every department by staggering incompetence.

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Time Out

8/19/2016 by Joshua Rothkopf

Just because you're rolling in the chariot doesn't make you Charlton Heston. That's a lesson this weightless, instantly disposable remake of the 1959 sword-and-sandal Oscar winner learns the hard way.

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CNN.com

8/19/2016 by Brian Lowry

Ben-Hur has clearly been designed and marketed to feed the appetite for projects with a spiritual foundation. Beyond the merits of that concept, though, there's precious little to celebrate creatively speaking.

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Christian Science Monitor

8/19/2016 by Peter Rainer

A general rule of thumb has emerged: Movies in 3-D almost always feature dimensionless people. Ben-Hur is a striking example of this rule.

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RogerEbert.com

8/19/2016 by Glenn Kenny

This is a Ben-Hur of and for its time, but also a little better than its time, it turns out.
Globe and Mail

8/19/2016 by Kate Taylor

Its few good ideas inevitably collapse, leaving a remake that can really only justify its existence with the truth that chariot races look great in CGI and Morgan Freeman looks great in dreads.
Philadelphia Inquirer

8/19/2016 by Tirdad Derakhshani

Dominated by CGI effects, it's a soap opera better fit for basic cable.
Toronto Star

8/19/2016 by Linda Barnard

While the climactic chariot race comes close to delivering the same level of hoof-pounding thrills that helped make William Wyler's 1959 version an Oscar-sweeping classic, this sappy retread makes audiences endure a lot of mediocrity to get there.
New York Times

8/18/2016 by Stephen Holden

It needed a star like the Russell Crowe of "Gladiator" to provide dramatic heft. What is "Ben-Hur" without a platform of moral grandeur? Not much.

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Los Angeles Times

8/18/2016 by Kenneth Turan

What it lacks most of all is a convincing reason to exist.

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New York Post

8/18/2016 by Lou Lumenick

A film that fails to deliver pretty much all the way down the line.

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

8/18/2016 by Cary Darling

The new Ben-Hur doesn't eclipse its predecessor and so it may lose in this cinematic chariot race. But it doesn't crash and burn either, and that in itself is something of a miracle.
Chicago Sun-Times

8/18/2016 by Richard Roeper

Ben-Hur struggles to find an identity and never really gets there. The well-intentioned efforts to achieve moving, faith-based awakenings are undercut by the casually violent, PG-13 action sequences.

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Toronto Sun

8/18/2016 by Liz Braun

Jack Huston is impressive as Judah Ben-Hur. He brings a natural air of noblesse oblige to the role, not to mention the emotional nuance that Mr. Heston could never seem to muster.

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

8/18/2016 by Colin Covert

It holds back nothing, strikes out often, then wins the big game. It won't earn 11 Academy Awards, as the original did in 1960, but while it opens bad, it becomes indifferent and finishes good.
Washington Post

8/18/2016 by Michael O'Sullivan

This new "Ben-Hur" could just as easily have been called "Been There, Done That."

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Chicago Tribune

8/18/2016 by Michael Phillips

Bekmambetov's visual attack and brand of action make me urp. But he's a sincere merry hack.

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