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Britten: Billy Budd

Britten: Billy Budd (2011)

April. 25,2011
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Captain Vere, an old man, is haunted by a moment in his life when he was tested and found wanting. Based on Herman Melville's novella of naval life in the late 18th Century, Benjamin Britten's 'Billy Budd' is a gripping reflection on good and evil, innocence and corruption.

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Ehirerapp
2011/04/25

Waste of time

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Beystiman
2011/04/26

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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Merolliv
2011/04/27

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

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Marva
2011/04/28

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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