Doctor Zhivago

Pros: Photography, Rod Steiger's bit part
Cons: Story, main actors, direction

DR. ZHIVAGO (1965) David Lean's movies have some common characteristics: epic themes, big characters, brilliant British actors, vast panoramas, casts of thousands, recurring themes, loving camera work, L-o-o-o-n-g running times. When the formula ...

Pros: Beautiful, Romantic, epic tale: Sharif. Steiger, and Courtenay
Cons: A bit long for modern audiences

One of the most romantic epics every filmed, Doctor Zhivago was an immensely popular film in it’s day. Because I had really loved this movie in the theaters, I was afraid to watch it. Frankly I didn’t think it could live up to my memory of it. To my...

Pros: Gorgeous visuals and soundtrack, strong performances, epic grandeur, outstanding sets and costumes
Cons: Weakly heroic protagonist; shallow romance; dilution of Pasternak's searing condemnation of Soviet-style Communism

If your love for Doctor Zhivago is unqualified, you may not enjoy reading this review. For that matter, if your scorn for the film knows no bounds, you probably will find much to disagree with in this review as well. In my opinion, the Academy ...

Pros: The beginning of the movie.
Cons: Lara's theme, those stupid flower/field scenes.

I’m a sucker for historical epics, but David Lean’s Dr. Zhicago is a key example as to why they went out of style for a few decades. It’s got a lot going for it: romance, recurring themes musically and story-wise, a nice-looking cast, ...

Pros: Acting, character and plot complexity, cinematography
Cons: It is long, and tragedy is plentiful here.

The story mainly covers the time 1905 to 1921, and tells us about Yuri Zhivago, a young man in Russian, who is a physician and a poet. While try to survive the turmoil surrounding the overthrow of the Czar, the rise of nascent Communist Russia, and ...

Pros: Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, beautiful panoramic shots of the scenery, good crowd scenes
Cons: Omar Sharif, the story drags, more a travelogue than a story, way too long

I first saw Dr. Zhivago on a blind date, back when I was in high school. All of the guys were taking the girls to see this movie because they thought that it was a sure way to get past first base. (No, I am not telling; nice girls don't tell.) ...

Pros: The acting, the story, the visuals; should get you nooky under most circumstances
Cons: Two -- see review

I have, ever since my first review on epinions, known that eventually I would write about my favorite film, "Doctor Zhivago."  I love this movie so much that I have never even been tempted to read the book.  I understand ...

Pros: David Lean, Boris Pasternak, the entire cast, and the entire crew
Cons: Never in a lifetime

There are only two kinds of people, as far as this picture is concerned; those who love it, and those who can't stand it. There are virtually no viewers who can say "Ehh, it was OK, but nothing to get excited about." I have my own idea of...

Pros: Beautiful story. Beautiful scenery. Acted by beautiful people. Beautifully Directed.
Cons: Too long or too "old school" for viewers who require more effects and action.

In 1965, three years after “Lawrence of Arabia” director David Lean and actor Omar Sharif were reunited in another delightful epic film. I get the feeling that after managing the visual effects of endless seas of sand in “Lawrence of Arabia,” David Lean ...

Pros: An excellent historical interpretation
Cons: no major cons

This movie is based on Boris Pasternak’s Nobel Prize winning novel, which follows Dr. Zhivago through the Russian Revolution. Although this movie/book was written for entertainment purposes, it still offers a somewhat valuable historical perspective of...

Pros: First lines of everything from director to actors and cinematography to story line.
Cons: if you love it, it could be addictive

I am a helplessly romantic person and this movie is my all-time favorite. This is a love story happened through almost the whole Russian revolution history. And in the end, love goes beyond the time. The original novel won Nobel Prize for...

Pros: Scenery will take your breath away
Cons: Long

My husband introduced me to this movie as his favorite when we were dating. I so fell in love with it, it has become mine as well. I do not typically like "war" stories nor do I have a great interest in the Russian Revolution, but Doctor...

Pros: cinematography, sets, cast
Cons: melodramatic, overlong

"Doctor Zhivago" is a good, if overlong, film adaptation of the Nobel prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak. While not as good as "Bridge on the River Kwai" or "Lawrence of Arabia", director David Lean continued his winning...

Pros: Well realized artistically, deeply moving, great for dates
Cons: Squishy romance, kind of long

When people ask me what my favorite movie is, sometimes I say "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and sometimes I say "Dr. Zhivago". It's hard for Zhivago to always be my favorite movie, because when I'm away from it for a while, I go, "Why did I like...

Pros: Very entertaining history lesson
Cons: A little too long

Despite some critics disparaging remarks I have considered Dr. Zhivago as one of the best movies ever made. It is about life and war. It is about one of the most important phases of history in our century. The tragic story of Yuri and Lara is central...