Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix have reunited to make Napoleon, a two-and-a-half-hour historical epic about the legendary French emperor. This duo already teamed up before for Gladiator, where Phoenix played the despicable Roman emperor Commodus in what was a resounding success for both director and actor.
This time though, early reviews are a bit more mixed, with the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes pointing to a movie that flashes greatness but doesn't maintain its top moments throughout the film and maybe lacks some historical accuracy. But with Napoleon getting a wide release in U.S. and U.K. theaters on November 22 American audiences in particular might have nothing better to do than to check it out over the Thanksgiving break.
