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| The Robe | 
 enlarge | Category: Movie
Buy New: $9.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  101 reviews
Sales Rank: 20027
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 134
ASIN: B000UKYFFG
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 1953
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Robe May 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent moving picture. Is also historical, thought provoking, and biblical. One of my favorites.
excellent story April 23, 2008
Richard Burton and Jean Simmons. Wow, what a combination. This is a wonderful movie. I'm not that fond of the ending, but you can't except to know what Heaven holds for any of us. Enjoy.
Great DVD, Safe Ordering, Fast Delivery April 16, 2008
Ordered THE ROBE DVD for Easter viewing, it was delivered quickly, to my complete satisfaction. Amazon is allways my first choice for anything I want.
 Compared to the Book it really lacks... April 3, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well after reading the Book this movie only possibly followed the ending. its really sad too because the book is so fabulous. My teenager and I both read the Robe...and we both were totally engrossed in the book. Rented the movie and we were so disgusted! The only people who could really watch it were my daughters who did not read the book. So I guess if you want to be entertained and you can get past the biblical inaccuracy of the way they portray Peter. (I mean who doesnt know the recordings in the Gospels of his denial??) then you may like it. Id say though if you really want a good story get the book!
 Historically Inaccurate & Melodramatic, But Still Entertaining March 25, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I host a "Classic Movie Night" once a week and invite friends of mine over to watch various influential, critically acclaimed, and/or "great" movies of yesterday. With its 5 Academy Award nominations, 2 wins, and a Golden Globe for Best Picture, along with it being the first "Widescreen" movie ever released, this seemed a pretty good choice for Easter Weekend.
I remember picking this up from the local library as a child and being enthralled, completely convinced that it was an accurate representation of what 1st century Christians were going through. Now I'm a little bit older, and a little bit wiser, and while the rest of my friends found the movie laughably enjoyable in a campy sort of way, I still feel the movie tugging at my heart in certain areas.
There are parts were Marcellus' descent into madness seems more like bad acting, but Burton still gets across the guilt and shame he feels at murdering an otherwise innocent man. I love the fact that the movie did not attempt to depict Christ himself, (His face is kept just off-camera), as the story follows His effects on others rather than on Jesus himself.
I consider myself more of a "Classic Film Buff" than some of the other twenty-somethings that come over, so the over-the-top acting doesn't really strike me as peculiar. If you are used to standard amount of over-acting in other similar films, (such as anything with Charlton Heston in it), then I don't think you will be bothered by it.
The religious motifs are not historically based, but are at their heart correct. At one point, a wise old man Justus is telling Marcellus about a woman who was paralyzed, and whose sickness made her angry and bitter at everyone around her. When Jesus came through the town, He healed many of their sick and lame. Marcellus looks at the woman, who is still paralyzed, but now singing a joyful song of hope, he asks Justus, "Why didn't Jesus heal her?" Justus responds, "He did."
It is for moments like that I can see the heart of The Robe, and it touches my own heart. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, it might not even be all that great of a movie, but it is good enough for an enjoyable evening, and an inspiring story.
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