KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Miguel Neto 1950 to 1970 was without doubt the best time to epic films, had The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, Spartacus for example, and between them had El Cid, that even if you lower the 4 movies that I quoted, it is a good movie, the cast is good, especially the great Charlton Heston who in my opinion is the actor of the epic, he simply did Moses in the Ten Commandments, Judah Ben- Hur in Ben-Hur, and Rodrigo de Bivar in El Cid, and in this movie he makes a good performance, since Charlton Heston's just a good actor, the direction of Anthony Mann is good (I've always been interested in how it would be Spartacus if it had not been removed), the picture is beautiful the film beautiful moments, such as the scene El Cid the leper pro water in the desert, the action scenes are competent, and the script is also competent, even movie making historical errors (more Braveheart is full of errors, more it is nevertheless to be my favorite movie), El Cid is a good movie, not enough to be the best epic of all, more is a recommended film for the epic lovers. Note 7.6

denis888 I love Chralton Heston's roles. He was the very essence of a masculine, clever, smart, superb actor who could perform almost every role he got his hands to. He was absolutely mesmerizing as Moses in Ten Commandments, he was good in many other movies. Here he is not bad, to be honest, the thing is he cannot save this plodding dud of a film from mediocrity that it slowly plunges to in a course of endless 3 hours. The plot seems to be very trite and smacks more of a Shazam Orient Fables than that of a real history. Another big (I mean it B/I/G) mistake was Sophia Loren as a main female part. She is a fish out of her element here completely. The poses, the looks, the smiles, the faked sufferings all betray lack of depth and lack of genuine feeling. She is not even that attractive to be cool just for her looks. To sum it up, this is a rather middle-of-the-road effort, with all the mistakes and prolonged scenes that add more to drag and help not to develop.

sophieahmed El Cid is definitely one of my favourite films. Visually it is spectacular with superb cinematography: dramatic Spanish landscapes, turbulent battle scenes, towering castles and colourful costumes. Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren are perfectly cast as the heroic warrior Rodrigo (who saves Spain from Moorish occupation) and his passionate strong minded wife Chimene whose love survives a multitude of obstacles. If you are looking for light relief or comedy, you won't find it here. What you will find is a stirring story of courage, self sacrifice and patriotism that can't fail to move you- an old fashioned Hollywood epic on a grand scale and all the better for it.

Jeff (actionrating.com) Charlton Heston's most underrated movie. This is not only a great medieval movie, but a great war movie as well. The story takes place during the tumultuous Reconquista (Reconquest) era in Spain. A civil war has broken out between the Christians and the Moores, and who better to save the day than another epic hero played by Charlton Heston. This time he plays the legendary warrior El Cid, and yes, this is a 3+ hour movie. My only complaint is its length, because the story is superb and action-packed battles abound. There's also a really good one-on-one medieval combat scene that is awesomely choreographed. More people need to see this epic action movie, which is a pretty even mix of "Ben Hur" and "Kingdom of Heaven." It's a shame it has gone under the radar for so long. 3.5 out of 5 action rating