The Name of the Rose

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    The Name of the Rose
    1986

    Synopsis

    14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is considerable.

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    Cast

    • Sean ConneryWilliam of Baskerville
    • F. Murray AbrahamBernardo Gui
    • Christian SlaterAdso of Melk
    • Helmut QualtingerRemigio da Varagine
    • Elya BaskinSeverinus
    • Michael LonsdaleThe Abbot
    • Volker PrechtelMalachia
    • Feodor Chaliapin Jr.Jorge de Burgos
    • William HickeyUbertino da Casale
    • Michael HabeckBerengar

    Recommendations

    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      The film’s packed with messages in invisible ink, secret staircases, and corpses in cauldrons of pig’s blood. And since ? Connery’s bald as a cue ball, that means no distracting Hanksian haircuts!
    • 80

      Newsweek

      The Name of the Rose spins a whopping good tale, a medieval murder mystery that only those with seriously damaged attention spans will find hard to enjoy. [29 Sept 1986, p.63]
    • 75

      TV Guide Magazine

      A little slow-moving but ultimately rewarding.
    • 63

      Chicago Sun-Times

      What this movie needs is a clear, spare, logical screenplay. It's all inspiration and no discipline.
    • 50

      The New York Times

      The movie is full of the kind of atmosphere that can be created by elaborate sets, dim lighting and misty landscapes, though it has no singular character or dominant mood.
    • 50

      Los Angeles Times

      Yes, it is splendid that anyone would take on so formidable a project as Eco’s 500-page chambered nautilus of a novel. Yes, this certainly feels like a 14th-Century Italian abbey, bleak, drafty and forbidding. Yes, it looks like it too--the 14th-Century as cast by Federico Fellini, every face a grotesque. But no, sad to say, it isn’t a perfectly marvelous film.
    • 50

      The Associated Press

      Whether these Hollywood touches will make the film appealing to the Rambo crowd is doubtful. By all means, read the book first. [24 Sept 1986]
    • 40

      Washington Post

      If the style of the film matches the story, that doesn't make it any easier to look at -- it's just too bleak, and in the end, you'd rather see "Ivanhoe." Annaud never finds the right rhythm for the movie, and it's sluggishly paced, even as palimpsests go.

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