During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
It was a big bold project and has turned out a big bold film.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
19 Feb 2008
fresh:
[It] remains one of the most intelligent, handsome, and influential of all war epics.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
13 Dec 2006
fresh:
The passage of time has only proved how difficult it is to run ideas, history, characterisation and landscape in harness on this sort of scale.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Approach it from whatever angle you like, performances, script, cinematography, score; David Lean's sweeping biography of T.E. Lawrence is unarguably magnificent.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
29 Nov 2004
fresh:
Even the flies in the opening Cairo scene jump out at you.