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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- What's disappointing, especially considering Swati's background in dance, is how static the film feels, and how lumpen the story becomes.
- 40VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonToo tepidly sincere to consistently excite or amuse. What keeps it at least moderately interesting on a scene-to-scene basis is the novelty value of seeing a strong and self-confident woman, credibly portrayed by Devika Bhise.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreShe had to be more charismatic than this to inspire over the ages.
- 37Washington PostMark JenkinsWashington PostMark JenkinsThe story of an insurgent Indian woman certainly seems timely in 2019. Too bad the new account of her uprising, The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, is as stodgy as a movie from 1958, if not earlier.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAn unfortunately clunky, relentlessly corny salute to Rani Laxmibai.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAs dramatized, “The Warrior Queen” takes all the biopic shortcuts (narration, sped-up timeline, ham-fisted exposition) only to get to a depiction of the drumbeat to conflict that traffics in platitudes and clichés.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonThe fact is that too much time is spent with the British characters in the film, time that could have been spent really getting into Rani’s story. She was fighting for the independence of India, but the filmmakers lost their own colonial battle.
- 25The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerAwkwardly constructed with laughable romantic suggestions, sword-based gore and a whimsical approach to chronological accuracy, the story involves the Indian uprising against the British East India Company.
- 25RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsWarrior Queen is not the first movie about this subject to be helmed by a woman — “Manikarnika” was co-directed by star Kangana Ranaut — nor does it feature a stand-out performance like those other movies do (Ranaut is very good in “Manikarnika”). So while I suppose you could do worse than The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, I know you could do better.