Gandhi (1982)

The 1982 film Gandhi is a biographical film about the life of Gandhi. The film begins with his assassination and then goes back to an even in South Africa. Most of the film deals with Gandhi's attempt to bring independence to India.

Overall, this film reminded me of The Last Emperor which was another multiple Academy Award winning biopic. Like that film, I didn't particularly care for this film as I generally do not care for biographical films (Lawrence of Arabia being a notable exception). While I did not care for this film, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did, awarding this film eight Oscars including best picture, best actor (Ben Kingsley), and best director. I suppose Kingsley's Oscar was well-deserved giving how demanding his role was and the artistic Oscars are also worthy given the artistic nature of this film. The academy tends to award films like this the best picture Oscar so I'm not sure I can even complain about that.

68/100
D+