Something went wrong
Try again later.
The Name of the Rose
In the 14th century, William of Baskerville (Sean Connery), a renowned Franciscan monk, and his apprentice, Adso of Melk (Christian Slater), travel to an abbey where a suspicious death has occurred. More deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden.
1961
23 April 1944, Grönenbach, Germany
6 March 1956, Rieti, Italy
1925, Brindisi, Puglia, Italy
31 October 1969, Rome, Lazio, Italy
13 April 1950, New York City, New York, USA
31 December 1964, Santiago, Chile
6 October 1905, Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
9 January 1956, Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany
9 May 1958, Rome, Lazio, Italy
11 August 1950, Riga, USSR [now Latvia]
15 September 1930, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
19 September 1927, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
9 December 1945, London, England, UK
January 24, 2003
A well-played medieval murder mystery, featuring a lot of good-looking men with really bad haircuts.
January 01, 2000
This real monastery looks as if it were designed by the artist M. C. Escher.
July 01, 2004
A spiritual thriller that holds up thanks to its rich themes and great acting
November 29, 2002
Marvelous adaptation of a complex Umberto Eco novel. Christian Slater's first feature role.
May 26, 2006
It's really a decent exploitation film disguised as a proper art film.
July 01, 2004
How you accept an English monk with a Scottish accent and the mind of a Sherlock Holmes is the question.
August 31, 2016
Umberto Eco seems unduly dismissive of a film that had to excise his postmodern trappings and scholarly sidebars. But it hasn't just been stripped down to a tawdry whodunit. Here, albeit in a streamlined way, the whydunit matters as much, if not more.
April 22, 2005
A great mystery until the end. Connery and Abraham throw sparks each time they meet.
July 23, 2004
the window dressing is not enough to buoy the principle acting
August 02, 2011
For labyrinth-lovers...a thoughtful and entertaining murder mystery predicated on intellectual debate. [Blu-ray]
April 19, 2016
...a misbegotten adaptation that rarely manages to justify its very existence.
