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An Epic Story Turns Human, Fallible

Cleveland Scene | November 29, 2004

This broad, bold, and ambitious film by Oliver Stone presents itself as a fairly straightforward endeavor, but its rhythms quickly go strange, while its participants hobble and flail about, remarkably out of sync yet hell-bent on not falling down, no matter what, for nearly three hours.

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Tags: Oliver Stone, Alexander

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