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A waterlogged would-be epic, lacking the emotion, narrative invention and visual brilliance that mark [Vincent] Ward's best films.
Scott Foundas, Variety
Overview
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.
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River Queen is a period drama filled with some striking imagery but which ultimately keeps viewer involvement at an unfathomable distance.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
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