My rating on a 1-10
scale: 9
Genre: Life
Primary actors: Tiffany
Dupont, Omar Shariff, Luke Gross
Length: Two hours
Based on: It’s
not based on anything except the Biblical account of Esther…but I believe that
the director, Tommy Tenney, later wrote a book based on the movie titled Hadassah: One Night with the King.
Time period: Bible
times
Year it came out: 2006
(and the book came out in ’05…meaning either could have been based on the
other?)
My overall opinion: I
really enjoyed this interesting movie! While I don’t think it was entirely
accurate the Biblical story (which it should have been), it was a good
re-telling/dramatization and I enjoyed it. I especially became excited when I
discovered two doubles…one being John Rhys-Davies (aka Gimli in Lord of the
Rings) as Mordechai, and the other John Noble (aka Denethor in LOTR) as a
wicked Prince. The Denethor guy freaked me out for a while…he was SO familiar,
and I was quite sure it was LOTR, but I couldn’t place it…IMDB is an awesome
help. :)
So. Overall? Good movie. Good story. Worth watching. Oh, and
it’s clean. I would whole-heartedly recommend it!
I really enjoyed this movie as well. Esther's costumes were gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I enjoy this film. Esther is one of our favorite Bible characters/books and we love the costumes and sweet story. They did an okay job with the story and God is still the focus of the film so that's good. I especially like the grandeur and richness of Persia that is shown, it's quite amazing.
ReplyDeleteWhat! Two LOTR characters in this film? Anyway, gotta watch this sometime too.
ReplyDeleteYes, Jemimah, two LOTR characters! All the more awesome. Do watch it! :)
ReplyDeleteI've been curious about this movie for a long time, as Esther is one of my favorite Bible people (I almost named my second daughter Esther, after her and the character in Ben-Hur). Glad to hear this is worth seeing, as before this I didn't know anyone who'd seen it, and I was afraid it might be awful. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYes, Hamlette, it's a good movie! :)
ReplyDeleteThat isn't Johnny Depp is it? I'm almost positive it can't be, and yet, it looks *so* much like him....
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to have to be finding this at the library soon.
Nope, no Johnny Depp. But yes -- watch this! :)
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