Anastasia

Pros: A great production filled out by great acting.
Cons: 0 points on historicity; this is just a fairy tale, albeit a good one.

People familiar with the actual story of Grand Duchess Anistasia and of Anna Andersen will instantly recognize that this film is a fairy tale. Sad to say, I suspect most people have little or no idea about either of these iconic tales of our ...

Pros: Feast for the Senses
Cons: None

"Anatasia" is a fabulous story based on the life of a real woman who claimed to be the daughter of Czar Nicholas. The story reveals the story of this woman named Anna. She suffers from amnesia and convincingly portrays a woman who thinks she...

Pros: cast, script, costumes, cinematography
Cons: dubious ending, character transformations

Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in "Anastasia", which cemented her Hollywood comeback following her scandalous affair with Italian director Roberto Rosellini. The film was based on the Marcelle Maurette play, and also...

Pros: Great story about a magical time
Cons: The plot is a little dragged out

After becoming totally obsessed with the cartoon of 1997 by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, Foxtel offered my the opportunity to see the original movie production. So I did. I wasn't quite as impressed with it as much as I was with the cartoon as it seemed...