Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine the Great [VHS]
$19.95
Catherine the Great is one of the most colossal and legendary figures of Russian and Western history. And this movie does her absolutely no favors, not to mention the gross historical liberties taken to push this disjointed aznd rotten "fairy tale" along.

True, the costuming and interior shots are lush and generally well done. But the acting and wooden script can be most charitably characterized as "horrible." Zeta-Jones turns in a wooden performance as a kind of Russian "barbie doll" that does her subject no credit, and the young actor playing Potemkin falls into the same trap. He is less intellectual powerhouse than moody and wishy-washy to the point of just being plain annoying. And John Rhys-Davies, in my opinion, rather just walked around looking embarassed. Further, the historical Catherine never met Pugachev, and was far less a bed-hopper than the script portrays, altough Zeta-Jones manages here and there to capture a glimmer of Catherine's powerful intellect as well as her sometime intellectual pretentiousness. And the main focus and contribution of Catherine's amazing life - her reformist zeal, legislative genius, but ultimate failure of Enlightenment vision - is barely touched on at all. All in all, it's a crashing, sophomoric bore. And with a subject that interesting, that's unforgiveable.

A very bad movie on too many levels to adequately detail here. Avoid.

Catherine Zeta-Jones 8x10 Photo
$11.95
Glossy 8x10 Photo Unsigned photo is perfect for framing or obtaining your own signature and is mailed via USPS in a photo mailer.

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$14.98
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Saturday Night Live (SNL) October 22, 2005 - Catherine Zeta-Jones
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