Almost six decades after we met Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur, were off to the chariot races again.
A fresh take onBen-Hurthat is more noble, dweeby, and neutered than a Sunday school in South Dakota.
As for the 1959 films iconic chariot scene?
Credit: Philippe Antonello
You may be better off rewatching the original on YouTube.
Check out McGoverns full reviewhere, and read on for what other critics thought ofBen-Hur(opening Friday).
Of casting lightweights in the leading roles?
Of laying a wailing modern pop song over the end credits?
It didnt need to be subtle; it worked as mythological machismo.
Its become a chariot of mire.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (The AV Club)
Bear withBen-Hur.
