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A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 15%, Metacritic 40/100. Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 176 2000s war movies in this catalog score higher. It runs long at 2h 56m.
Synopsis
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes15%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
3,602 audience votes
Key crew
- Oliver StoneDirector
- VangelisOriginal Music Composer
- Oliver StoneScreenplay
- Christopher KyleScreenplay
- Laeta KalogridisScreenplay
Cast
- Colin FarrellAlexander
- Angelina JolieOlympias
- Val KilmerPhilip
- Jared LetoHephaistion
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersCassander
- Anthony HopkinsOld Ptolemy
- Jessie KammYoung Alexander
- Christopher PlummerAristotle
- Connor PaoloYoung Alexander
- Patrick CarrollYoung Hephaistion
- Peter WilliamsonYoung Nearchus
- Morgan Christopher FerrisYoung Cassander
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Themes
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