The life of the adventuress and explorer Gertrude Bell might just seem
like the kind of subject that the director Werner Herzog might embrace
but this stately, grandiose epic is more like something James Ivory or
even David Lean might have tossed off and which, for over two hours,
moves at a snail's pace. Nicole Kidman does what she can with the part
of Bell but is defeated by Herzog's own ponderous script and she is
surrounded by some very dull men, (Damian Lewis, James Franco and Robert
Pattinson as a slightly camp Lawrence of Arabia), and despite the
locations it's not even a particularly attractive looking film. If you
must spend time with a queen of the desert stick with Priscilla whose
adventures were a lot more fun than Gertrude's.
Monday, 4 March 2019
QUEEN OF THE DESERT no stars
The life of the adventuress and explorer Gertrude Bell might just seem
like the kind of subject that the director Werner Herzog might embrace
but this stately, grandiose epic is more like something James Ivory or
even David Lean might have tossed off and which, for over two hours,
moves at a snail's pace. Nicole Kidman does what she can with the part
of Bell but is defeated by Herzog's own ponderous script and she is
surrounded by some very dull men, (Damian Lewis, James Franco and Robert
Pattinson as a slightly camp Lawrence of Arabia), and despite the
locations it's not even a particularly attractive looking film. If you
must spend time with a queen of the desert stick with Priscilla whose
adventures were a lot more fun than Gertrude's.
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