Becket
An age of rampant lusts, abandon, runaway passions. An age brought bristling to life by two of the most exciting stars of our time!
An age of rampant lusts, abandon, runaway passions. An age brought br...
Drama, History
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1964
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King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
148 min
Release date:
11 Mar 1964
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
Welsh, English, Latin
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 23 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Ripe with homoerotic undercurrents -- which O'Toole mines with relish in his great hysterical performance, full of cunning, eloquence and mad outbursts.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar 2007
fresh:
Becket may seem like a movie of yesteryear, but its timeliness brims over with rousing, meditative discourses between Henry and the church leaders on the separation of church and state.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Mar 2007
rotten:
Everything that Doctor Strangelove is -- daring and inspired, vibrant and brilliantly staged -- Becket is not.
– Mark Feeney,
Boston Globe,
23 Feb 2007
fresh:
The picture is being re-released in 30 cities around the country before finally appearing on DVD after years of online foment from fans.The DVD is due in May, but try to catch it in theaters first. It's worth it.
– Eleanor Ringel Gillespie,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
15 Feb 2007
fresh:
Burton is extraordinary in one of his rare good movie roles and O'Toole is regally madcap and larger than life.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Feb 2007