Truly Dreadful Film

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

What a touching film! Beautiful acting and cinematography make this a gem. Slow at times but felt like a timeless classic. Strongly recommended. The Ottoman Lieutenant deserves a 9+ score. I'm Turkish but my family are all Orthodox Christians. So I know both worlds and find this film to be highly accurate. Believe it or not these lands support more religious tolerance than trolls claim. These people have never been here nor took any history courses. They can't even review the film but merely act to defile a work of art.

No exaggaration. It is not political. It shows the realities and romance .

Very fake movie trying to clean the killers and make the events look like regular war between two sides

I am amazed that this movie could deal with the background of the Ottoman Turkish genocide of the Armenians in eastern Anatolia without ever coming to grips with what really happened. The movie deals with the early days of WWI in Anatolia, with a large Armenian population which is clearly headed for death and also a Kurdish population in the service of the Ottoman government which is never mentioned. The real culprits here are the Russians, described as brutal savages and Cosacks (which they were but that is a partial view) and some of the Turks, but not of course the Ottoman lieutenant whose allegiance wavers between his nationalism and his love for an American nurse. Love wins out, as does death and genocide.I am wondering if Armenians in America and elsewhere are complaining about a movie which is somewhat pro-Turkish and not at all sympathetic really to the Armenian cause. This is a complicated subject and both sides, Armenians and Turks, are guilty of much but the victims were largely Armenians and they get most of the sympathy in real life, except for those countries trying to make nice with the Turks. But the movie prefers a romance to historic truth. That can be OK but surely not for everyone.The movie manages neutrality between victims and murderers but the romance helps you to ignore this, if you are not of Armenian heritage.