Russell Crowes towering performance as Noah anchors this majestic if messy saga from the mind of Darren Aronofsky.
There has been no Biblical Epic like this before, and very few studio tentpoles like it either.
Noah never questions the job he has been tasked with.
Who doesnt want to live in a beautiful, unspoiled world?
(How we get there is another discussion for another place.)
Make him some sort of perfect, saintly superhero and the story loses all of its emotional strength.
While the themes and subtexts are eloquent and forceful, the execution is ultimately a mixed bag.
Shem (Douglas Booth) and Japheth (Leo McHugh Carroll) get little to do.
But the biggest problem character is Ham.
Lerman doesnt have the range yet to portray him as much more than that.
On the production side, Aronofskys vision of the pre-Flood world is beautifully, eerily realized.
The stars are hanging differently in the sky and the air feels charged with the supernatural.
Kudos must go to cinematographer Matthew Libatique and composer Clint Mansell for making Noah a visual and musical feast.
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Rating:
3.5 out of 5
