cmayerle-41064 In a list of greatest directors, David Lean should be on everybody's short list and this may be his best movie. The leads are all perfect for their roles--strange to say with an Egyptian playing a Russian doctor, but Omar Sharif seemed perfect in any role. Strangely, the weakest portrayal may be Alec Guiness with his patent British accent.The pacing is typical Lean, deliberate with many pauses to take in what you've seen and set the stage for the next scenes. This may make for poor viewing at home, where you can be more distracted than in a theater or take too many breaks. Too bad, you need to watch it all the way through to really feel the emotions.

au561 If you're looking for a travelogue of the vast landscape of Russia, this is for you. If you're looking for an interesting story, compelling characters, or just a way to stay awake, this is not for you. 15 minutes of story about shallow people running around the Steppes for three hours.

Miguel Neto David Lean directed the excellent The Bridge on the River Kwai, and the masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia (one of the best movies I've ever watched), and then made Doctor Zhivago, even being less than those two that I said, it is a great movie, a novel of good, I have never been to like romance movie, I enjoyed that, it's also drama and war is war scenes, which are good, the drama is also excellent, the cast is impeccable, Featured pro Omar Shariff this excellent, the direction of Lean is great, the soundtrack is very good, the costumes are impeccable, the picture is fantastic, Doctor Zhivago is one of the best decade of films 60, with romance, drama and war , not to mention the fine performances. Note 8.6

Ang L Honestly, this movie made me feel like I was wandering the Russian tundra.Anyway, I was initially excited to finally see this movie. However, by the time it got to the intermission, I debated giving up on it. The biggest problem with the whole script, the reason why the movie lacks any drive, any momentum, any tension, is because the heart of the story is missing. Dr. Zhivago's marriage to Tonya is one of love and friendship but she's supposedly not his true love. Then, Zhivago spends 6 months with the gorgeous Lara and falls in love. However, the movie skips from him arriving at his post and seeing Lara again to him leaving and them already in love. We don't see their relationship grow, develop, unfold. It's a gaping hole in the middle of the movie. On top of that, their affair is purely emotional at this point and not physical which if we saw their relationship develop, it would actually build tension. Their love story was critical to, at least, my emotional involvement in the plot. Without seeing what was so enthralling about Lara, you kind of feel like what was he missing from the pretty and sweet Tonya?There are parts of the movie worthy praise especially on a technical front. However, the movie was ultimately long and boring.