Quo Vadis (2008) Kick-starting an era of swords, sandals, and scantily clad slave girls, Mervyn LeRoy's gorgeously gaudy Quo Vadis details Rome under Nero (Ustinov) as he persecutes…
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Quo Vadis (2008)

Reviewed by Kim Morgan | Nov 05, 2008
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Nov 11, 2008; DVD Release Date: Nov 11, 2008; Movie Rated: Unrated; Genres: Drama, Romance; With: Robert Taylor

Kick-starting an era of swords, sandals, and scantily clad slave girls, Mervyn LeRoy's gorgeously gaudy Quo Vadisdetails Rome under Nero (Ustinov) as he persecutes Christians and burns his city. Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr round out a cast of, literally, thousands (30,000!) in an epic that, according to exhaustive EXTRAS (like critic F.X. Feeney's commentary), was almost directed by John Huston. Forget Gladiator; this is the quintessential historical spectacle. B+

Originally posted Nov 04, 2008 Published in issue #1020 Nov 14, 2008 Order article reprints