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There Be Dragons
There Be Dragons tells the story of soldiers, a journalist, his father, and a real life priest, Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of the controversial Opus Dei who was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint, revealing the importance and timeless power of forgiveness.
27 November 1978, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, País Vasco, Spain
23 July 1966, Argentina
3 February 1987, Bánfield, Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina
26 December 1967, South America
27 December 1987, Torquay, Devon, England, UK
10 October 1946, Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
10 July 1983, Tehran, Iran
14 February 1929, Buenos Aires, Argentina
25 November 1946, Brighton, England, UK
12 July 1966, Madrid, Spain
29 December 1979, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
19 September 1989, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
May 13, 2011
...whitewashing the origins of the controversial Opus Dei movement, this lesson in unabashed embellishment will fail to excite any but the most starry-eyed Catholic.May 08, 2011
A visually stunning, undeniably intriguing saga about a controversial Catholic saint. Overly earnest at times...but this is still one of the more genuinely spiritual contemporary films to hit the big screen.February 06, 2012
Yes, the film looks beautiful. But unfortunately is stumbles over itself too often to fully realize greatness.May 13, 2011
I was looking forward to seeing Wes Bentley on-screen again..Alas, he apparently spent the last decade at the Acting with Your Eyebrows Drama School.May 06, 2011
I like grandeur and richly nuanced storytelling. I also like lobster bisque. But I don't want to drink a gallon of it in a single sitting.June 08, 2011
Despite its high-mindedness, an almost complete misfire...a lopsided film as well as a turgid, boring one.May 06, 2011
Few films about the Spanish Civil War have been any good -- Pan's Labyrinth being the big exception.May 06, 2011
Even actor's actor Derek Jacobi, as a Jewish factory owner, is wasted in this international muddle of a movie.January 15, 2013
Unsatisfying, lacking the epic feel it was aiming for, and paid-for image-burnishing for the controversial founder of Opus Dei.May 06, 2011
Clunk, clunk, squish. That is the sound of the dead language in Roland Joffé's screenplay for "There Be Dragons" as it tramples his would-be epic of the Spanish Civil War into an indigestible pulp.May 06, 2011
Joffé is out of depth when it comes to Escrivá's religious experiences. It's clear he wants the film to show how faith works within us, but he does it by resorting to the most hackneyed imagery.