Video Capsule Review
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeanne Moreau (2000,
A&E, 100 mins., unrated, also on DVD)
Credits
C-
War! Palace intrigue! Bodice-ripping romance! There's a little of each in this lushly overdressed costume drama -- but not enough of anything substantial. Set during the rise and early reign of the great empress Catherine (Zeta-Jones), it's a rush job through 18th-century Russian history, skimming over momentous events and screeching to a halt decades before Catherine's death. For diehard Catherine Zeta-Jones fans only. C-
Posted Mar 09, 2001
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