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There Be Dragons

Play trailer Poster for There Be Dragons PG-13,  2011,  2h 0m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 13% 40 Reviews Tomatometer 54% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
13% Tomatometer 40 Reviews 54% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
An investigative journalist unearths secrets about his father's ties to the controversial founder of Opus Dei.

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Joe Neumaier New York Daily News May 7, 2011
2/5
Joffe, working from his own script, presents the men's lives as evidence of difficult choices, but this pedantic movie is never fully invested in any of them. Go to Full Review
Alonso Duralde Movies.com May 6, 2011
1/5
Putting aside the many aesthetic problems with this overwrought, over-narrated, and overacted movie, the politics of There Be Dragons make very little sense. Go to Full Review
Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor May 6, 2011
C-
Few films about the Spanish Civil War have been any good -- Pan's Labyrinth being the big exception. Go to Full Review
Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Jan 8, 2019
2/5
There's a great film to be made about Josemaria Escriva, the founder of the controversial Opus Dei. There are more great films to be made about the complicated Spanish Civil War. This movie, however, is neither. Go to Full Review
Kiko Martinez San Antonio Current Jan 29, 2018
D
It's unfortunate director Roland Joff fails to capture real emotion and passion within the religious narrative. Without that perspective, there's no way he can breathe any life into the biopic, much less fire. Go to Full Review
Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter Jun 29, 2017
The cinematography is gorgeous, the art direction excellent, and the historical sequences, including the battle scenes, seem quite authentic. The visual parallel narrative structure, the subtleness of the religious imagery, works well. Go to Full Review
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Roland Joffé

Director

Charlie Cox

Josemaria

Wes Bentley

Manolo

Dougray Scott

Robert

Unax Ugalde

Pedro

Olga Kurylenko

Ildiko

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Movie Info

Synopsis An investigative journalist unearths secrets about his father's ties to the controversial founder of Opus Dei.
Director
Roland Joffé
Producer
Ignacio Gómez-Sancha, Roland Joffé, Ignacio Núñez
Screenwriter
Roland Joffé
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Co
Antena 3 Films
Rating
PG-13 (Violence and Combat Sequences|Thematic Elements|Some Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 6, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.1M
Runtime
2h 0m
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