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Gandhi
The dramatic story revolves around a man named Gandhi, a lawyer who was unfairly discriminated against and decided to launch a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After many arrests and unwanted attention by the world, the government finally deviates from the recognition of Indian rights. After this victory, Gandhi agrees to a campaign of nonviolent non-violence of unprecedented scope and coordinates millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against protesters and Gandhi's occasional imprisonment. However, the campaign is generating considerable attention, and Britain is under intense public pressure.
1953, England, UK
6 July 1950, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
3 April 1913, Wick, Worcestershire, England, UK
July 29, 1911 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
23 March 1921, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
1 September 1923, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
25 April 1909, Hackney, London, England, UK
February 20, 2013
While Kingsley (who took one of eight Oscars) is the glue that holds this epic piece together, you must relish a cast that includes John Gielgud, Edward Fox, John Mills, Martin Sheen and Roshan Seth.
June 24, 2006
Its faults rather pale beside the epic nature of its theme, and Kingsley's performance in the central role is outstanding.
January 29, 2008
Once in a long while a motion picture so eloquently expressive and technically exquisite comes along that one is tempted to hail it as being near perfect.
February 20, 2013
Attenborough shows once again his skill in managing the big set-piece.
January 13, 2014
Tthe film Gandhi is more stuffy than stately, more prestigious than prodigious. It never quite captures the essence of Gandhi, or the influence he exerted on other leaders, including Martin Luther King. It's a broad but shallow river of information.
February 22, 2016
The inability to capture moments of simple, uncomplicated emotion show up the hollowness and over-staged theatricality of Richard Attenborough's Gandhi with exasperating frequency.
February 17, 2015
They simply do not build movies like this any more, which is a pity.
January 13, 2014
Above all, Kingsley's astonishing performance, capturing both Gandhi's divine light and his irresistible simplicity, inspires this ambitious film.
February 24, 2010
In playing Gandhi, an actor must be less concerned with physical verisimilitude than with spiritual presence, and here Kingsley is nothing short of astonishing.
December 17, 2006
Attenborough's work lacks even the undercurrent of personality that David Lean brought to his films: the film has no flavor but that of the standard Hollywood hagiography.
May 06, 2017
Grievously doting and squeamishly evasive.
February 28, 2017
The movie aims primarily to demonstrate how such a man could accomplish so much, but also how monumental his task was and how it ultimately claimed his life