The Mission (Two-Disc Special Edition)
starring: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi
directed by: Roland Joffé
directed by: Roland Joffé
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Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields) directs this fuzzy effort at a David Lean-like epic without David Lean's sense of emotional proportion. Lean's most important screenwriting collaborator, Robert Bolt, in fact wrote The Mission, which concerns a Jesuit missionary (Jeremy Irons) who establishes a church in the hostile jungles of Brazil and then finds his work threatened by greed and political forces among his superiors. Robert De Niro is briefly effective as a callous soldier who kills his own brother and then turns to Irons's character to oversee his penance and conversion to the clergy. The narrative and dramatic forces at work in this movie should be more stirring and powerful than they are--the problem being that Joffé is too removed from them to allow us in. --Tom Keogh
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Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields) directs this fuzzy effort at a David Lean-like epic without David Lean's sense of emotional proportion. Lean's most important screenwriting collaborator, Robert Bolt, in fact wrote The Mission, which concerns a Jesuit missionary (Jeremy Irons) who establishes a church in the hostile jungles of Brazil and then finds his work threatened by greed and political forces among his superiors. Robert De Niro is briefly effective as a callous soldier who kills his own brother and then turns to Irons's character to oversee his penance and conversion to the clergy. The narrative and dramatic forces at work in this movie should be more stirring and powerful than they are--the problem being that Joffé is too removed from them to allow us in. --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- 2.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Joffe, who was a pretty good director before he completely fell off the wagon, DeNiro (ditto, but substitute actor for director) and Irons certainly throw themselves into the film, and the cinematography is really pretty impressive, but the film doesn't offer much of interest below its pretty surface and I spent most of it wishing I was rewatching Aguirre the Wrath of God; I admired a lot about The Mission but I never felt I was drawn in.
Rating: 
- Waiting For The Blu-Ray Of This Magnificent Film
The more I see this film the more I like it. First off, it has magnificent South American jungle scenery, filmed in an area that features multiple gorgeous falls. This is one of the prettiest films you will ever watch - guaranteed.
"The Mission" won the Oscar for Best Cinematography in 1986 and that award was well-deserved. There is just one stunning scene after another.I can only hope it gets a sharp Blu-Ray treatment someday. Then it will really look awesome!
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Rating: 
- Great Movie That Moved Me Personally!The Sign of a Classic!
This movie moved me (no pun intended) on a number of levels as its theme of hypocrisy, greed, betrayal and the inhumanity and cruelty of man hits home hard and yet I couldn't help but feel that it was a little too short at just a little over 2 hours long.Perhaps this film too was a victim of commercial factors and that it was edited to this time frame but if ever a film would be better off for being longer it would have to be this one.
I felt the characters didn't have time to develop ... Read More
Rating: - MISSION
One of my all time favorite movies and soundtracks, very moving. I love it and never tire of listening to it and watching it.
Rating: - Wonderful !!!!
is a wonderful movie, hit the good heart and is a classic that should not be missing at home
- 2.5 stars out of 4The Bottom Line:
Joffe, who was a pretty good director before he completely fell off the wagon, DeNiro (ditto, but substitute actor for director) and Irons certainly throw themselves into the film, and the cinematography is really pretty impressive, but the film doesn't offer much of interest below its pretty surface and I spent most of it wishing I was rewatching Aguirre the Wrath of God; I admired a lot about The Mission but I never felt I was drawn in.
- Waiting For The Blu-Ray Of This Magnificent FilmThe more I see this film the more I like it. First off, it has magnificent South American jungle scenery, filmed in an area that features multiple gorgeous falls. This is one of the prettiest films you will ever watch - guaranteed.
"The Mission" won the Oscar for Best Cinematography in 1986 and that award was well-deserved. There is just one stunning scene after another.I can only hope it gets a sharp Blu-Ray treatment someday. Then it will really look awesome!
The story ... Read More
- Great Movie That Moved Me Personally!The Sign of a Classic!This movie moved me (no pun intended) on a number of levels as its theme of hypocrisy, greed, betrayal and the inhumanity and cruelty of man hits home hard and yet I couldn't help but feel that it was a little too short at just a little over 2 hours long.Perhaps this film too was a victim of commercial factors and that it was edited to this time frame but if ever a film would be better off for being longer it would have to be this one.
I felt the characters didn't have time to develop ... Read More
- MISSIONOne of my all time favorite movies and soundtracks, very moving. I love it and never tire of listening to it and watching it.
- Wonderful !!!!is a wonderful movie, hit the good heart and is a classic that should not be missing at home
