Critic Reviews
58
Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
16(57%)
mixed
10(36%)
negative
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83
The Legend of 1900 is still fresh; like the dawning of a new age, it feels like an awakening.
80
Tantalizingly structured to intrigue us right from the start.
80
On one level it is highly intimate, yet it is also universal, a modern metaphor for the human condition and the precariousness of life itself.
80
Visually dazzling, touching and funny.
80
An enchanting, staggeringly beautiful epic at sea, is poetry in motion.
75
Foggy allegories and misty metaphors.
75
There is one scene in The Legend of 1900 that is easily worth the price of admission. It finds the ship heeling in an Atlantic storm. In the ballroom Roth plays the piano as it moves and slides in an eerie waltz around the floor.
75
The sort of movie that both rewards and tries your patience.
70
A painstakingly crafted nonrealist story, which doesn't seem to imply anything beyond what it depicts.
70
The sense of loss aroused by the film is oceanic.
