During the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautiful princess rises up to help protect the glory of the Kingdom of Ayothaya. Based on the life of Queen Suriyothai.
Visually ravishing and full of double-crosses and nefarious plots worthy of Shakespeare.
– Eric Harrison,
Houston Chronicle,
25 Jul 2003
rotten:
Compelling enough that one wishes to be able to see the entire eight hours, with all the missing context filled back in. As it is, this short version seems even longer than eight hours.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
21 Aug 2003
rotten:
Without knowing what has been lost in the process, it would be hard to imagine the original film was any less repetitive or more dramatically engaging than what remains.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Oct 2003
rotten:
It is overlong, overproduced, overscaled and crammed with too many plots, subplots and digressions.