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6.348/10
Brent Marchant
When it comes to making what’s touted as being a grand, sweeping epic, a filmmaker had better have his or her ducks in a row before beginning. Unfortunately, in the case of director Ridley Scott’s lat... read more
over 1 year ago
hamfaceman
Hearing over and over on the internet about how Napoleon led his army to die in the cold Russian winter, I always assumed he just died there along with them. Turns out, he didn't, and what an unfortun... read more
over 1 year ago
BornKnight
Based on a screenplay by David Scarpa (that is writing the screenplay for Gladiator 2 too... oh oh) rather than a history book this is as epic as Ridley Scott makes his movies technically.... and that... read more
over 1 year ago
MovieGuys
I had high hopes for Napoleon but the final product was, for me, disappointing. Lets start by saying this feels more like a cinematic biography than sweeping saga. The approach taken is to mov... read more
over 1 year ago
pimpskitters
Didn't really get much of a read on this movies take on Napoleon the person. He walks around, is terrible at fucking, and does not appear to be as short as history had made him out to be. As for histo... read more
over 1 year ago
Chandler Danier
I'm afraid Napoleon is a little boring. Josephine is the best part of the whole project. Amazing cannon stuff, though. Just blew their load a bit early... 10/10 if it was over after they shot the citi... read more
over 1 year ago

r96sk
Impressive battle sequences aside, <em>'Napoleon'</em> fails to deliver. Just my own opinion, of course, but this Ridley Scott movie just didn't click. I didn't feel attached to what I was watching... read more
over 1 year ago
PaoloG13
Not worth the subject: the movie neglects completely how innovative Napoleon has been, just focusing on his relation with his wife. Written for English public that ignores history. A mistake. The mo... read more
over 1 year ago
janeyee
"Napoleon" ambitiously sets out to condense the colossal life of the French emperor into a single film but ends up biting off more than it can chew. The movie, while visually stunning and energeticall... read more
over 1 year ago

CinemaSerf
I think this is one of those films, like his "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005) epic that Sir Ridley Scott has made for aficionados of grand scale historical cinema, not for historians. Indeed it may well be ... read more
over 1 year ago
Manuel São Bento
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/napoleon-review-a-dispassionate-hollow-spectacle/ "Napoleon contributes to a troubling trend in cinema, transforming significant historical narrati... read more
over 1 year ago
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Cast

Joaquin Phoenix
Napoleon Bonaparte

Vanessa Kirby
Josephine Bonaparte

Tahar Rahim
Paul Barras

Rupert Everett
Duke of Wellington

Mark Bonnar
Junot

Paul Rhys
Talleyrand

Ben Miles
Caulaincourt

Riana Duce
Lucille

Edouard Philipponnat
Tsar Alexander

Miles Jupp
Emperor Francis I

Scott Handy
Marshal Berthier

Youssef Kerkour
Marshal Davout

John Hollingworth
Marshal Ney

Abubakar Salim
General Dumas

Thom Ashley
La Bedoyere

Jannis Niewöhner
Hippolyte Charles

Julian Rhind-Tutt
Sieyes

John Hodgkinson
Fouche

Erin Ainsworth
Hortense I

Isabella Brownson
Hortense II

Benjamin Chivers
Eugene I
Sam Meakin
Eugene II

Sinéad Cusack
Letizia Bonaparte
Harriet Bunton
Pauline Bonaparte
Charlie Greenwood
Caroline Bonaparte

Audrey Brisson-Jutras
Elisa Bonaparte

Matthew Needham
Lucien Bonaparte

Sam Crane
Jacques-Louis David

Sam Troughton
Robespierre

Edward Bennett
Royalist Supporter

Julian Wadham
Jean de Cambaceres

Ludivine Sagnier
Theresa Cabarrus

Catherine Walker
Marie Antoinette

Honor Kneafsey
Marie Antoinette Kid #1

Alexander Shaw
Marie Antoinette Kid #2

Phil Cornwell
Sanson the Bourreau

Harry Taurasi
Citizen Lacombe

Edward Mercieca
General Carteaux

Arthur McBain
General Marchand

Andy Burse
Drunken British Guard
Jonathan Rice
Dealer | Victim's Ball

Emeric Bernard-Jones
Barras' Friend #1
Bay Bryan
Barras' Friend #2
Michael Twaits
Barras' Friend #3
Michael O'Connor
Charles Leclerc

Dominic Coleman
Clerk | Storage Room

Ian McNeice
Louis XVIII

Richard McCabe
Lord Whitworth

Tom Godwin
Austrian Ambassador

Gavin Spokes
Moulin
Catherine Harvey
Moulin's Wife

David Verrey
Gohier
Benedict Martin
Roger Ducos

Edward Hogg
Citizen Gilbert

Ed Hughes
Lucien's Associate

Jonathan Barnwell
Bourrienne (Napoleon's Secretary)

Robin Soans
Pope Pius VII
Abigail Weinstock
Eleanore

Bart Lambert
Cosack Scout (Lake)

Joshua Leese
French Signal Man #1 (Austerlitz)

Nicholas Shaw
French Signal Man #2 (Austerlitz)

Anna Mawn
The Duchess Marie Louise

Imogen Slaughter
Nurse | Baby Napoleon
Mitchell Baggott
French Corporal

Ned Costello
French Grenadier (Butcher)
John Mula
Fisherman | Golfe-Juan

Kevin Eldon
Dr Corvisart
Henry Morgan
Little Boy | Grasse
Logan Truter
Little Boy #2 (Grasse)
Saxon Fox
Little Boy #3 (Grasse)

Richard Leeming
Messenger | Tuileries

Billy Byers
Napoleon's Boy Waterloo
Tim Faulkner
Blucher

Peter Sandys-Clarke
British Lieutenant | Waterloo

Tim Delap
Imperial Guard | Waterloo
Charlie Barrett
French Scout Waterloo (Horses)
Olivia Juno Cleverley
Girl St Helena
Sophie Wohlfeld
Girl #2 St Helena

Cormac Hyde-Corrin
Mid Shipman #1
Hal Gavin
Mid Shipman #2

Michael Nardone
Plotter (Jacobin Club)
Chris Barltrop
Elderly Male Vagrant #1 | Moscow

Robert Goodman
Elderly Male Vagrant #2 | Moscow

Sophie Lund
Nanny
Oliver Phillips
British Express Rider

Morgan Watkins
Prussian Officer
Ed Eales White
Duke D'Enghien (uncredited)
Jacob Marshfield
Cannon Commander (uncredited)
Jean-Pascal Heynemand
5th Musket Regiment Drummer (uncredited)
Director
Raymond Kirk
First Assistant Director
Mohamed Atbir
Assistant Director

Ridley Scott
Director
Creator

David Scarpa
Writer

Paul Thomas Anderson
Script Consultant