Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

reviewcentralny If you read this review now, chances are you've seen the The Princess and the Warrior when it came out many years ago. Unless you're reading this to find out whether you should take the plunge and watch a foreign film with subtitles. Short answer, if you have a little time and want to escape into a unique, strange and ultimately inspiring world of Tykwer's imagination - definitely do. Not a short answer...my bad.Very few movies successfully create a powerful atmosphere without messing with your emotions. This film takes its time. Each scene is focused and serves a purpose and what's nice about this particular movie, is that it doesn't indulge in tragedy - this shouldn't be seen as a spoiler, more as an encouragement to watch it - I've seen more than one of the director's early work.With this movie, Tom Tykwer consciously goes beyond the bleak and hopeless reality he creates in 'Die Tödliche Maria' and 'Winterschläfer', or the manic energy of 'Run Lola Run' and introduces you to a flawed, peculiar microcosm of unlikely heroes and fiends. An impressive and gripping scene towards the beginning of the movie will give you a taste of how much he's holding back to tell this unusual story of emancipation and the common underlying question of coincidence versus fate. An artistic, subtle and engaging look into a character's journey through life - twisted, maybe, but never cold or heartless.The soundtrack deserves a mention. Pale 3, three German geniuses had worked together on Tykwer's films before and manage to craft an unusual but intriguing soundtrack which after many years I still enjoy listening to. It helps tell the story with few words and leaves enough space for the viewer's emotion to be part of the movie, without dictating the mood. Why review a film from 2000? Honestly, few take you on an emotional journey as unexpected and rewarding as the Princess and the Warrior - with all its German-ness - you will make you feel good about yourself for having spent an hour and a half with a thought-provoking - and that's kind of my point here - artful movie, that doesn't indulge in violence and tragedy but instead tells a satisfying story in a way that few directors seem to have the financial support, patience or confidence to create anymore.

Charles Herold (cherold) The first three-fourths of this movie is absolutely fascinating. It moves along seamlessly, hovering somewhere between reality and dream logic. The characters are fascinating and rather tragic, although the movie doesn't allow you to connect with them particularly.And then, well, something happens. A bunch of stuff is just sort of tossed in, weird plot points that come out of nowhere and the balance between fantasy and reality shifts radically to just plain nonsensical. The ending was particularly odd and unsatisfying. The movie neither ties things up nicely nor leaves you with an interesting ambiguity, it's more like it just sort of hiccups a few times and then just trails off to nothing.Still worth watching though.

bnsash well this movie captured me from the start to the end....well I loved it but I didn't like the post-modernistic scenes at the end...it seems that Tom Tykwer had ran out of idea how to end it......the last sequence was so out of the world he has been defining in the whole movie....this maybe look like a post modernistic view but its also one of the big mistakes in writing a screenplay.... overall I liked the cast and the characterization flow....it was damn perfect.....Franka Potente she played perfectly...I liked Tom Tykwer's way of storytelling...you could see some sequences passes by much slowly than the others.while Sissi was under the truck it seems the timeline goes by as for Sissi...but you could see the sudden events one after another on the chase sequence.

cuonghyun I have seen "Princess and Warrior" about 10 times. Honestly, I really want to watch it again and again another time. This is one of my favorite movies. I love this movie for some reasons: 1. The cinematography of this movie is brilliant. I love the movement of the camera, the angles, the compositions and the lighting. This is how the movie is told in the visual world and cinematic culture. 2. The directing of this movie is superb! The ways the characters interact with each other are naturally. I feel like I am witnessing everything is going on in every single scene. Therefore, My mind reached the catharsis moment that the film produced. 3. I love the acting of both actors, Franka Potente (Sissi) and Benno Furmann (Bodo). Sissi has a great heart. She believes in what she feels. She is determined with what she believes that is the truth. Most of all, she can stand up for love. Benno is excellent for his acting as Bodo. I like the look of the character Bodo constructed. The masculinity of the character Bodo is reinforced by Benno acting and the directing of Tykwer. How Bodo's inner world influences his behaviour can be sympathetic. I was attracted by the acting of these two central characters (Franka Potente and Benno Furmann)I can feel every breath they breath, every word they say and every tear they cry. The love and the miracle intertwine with the happiness and the tragedy. In this world, everybody has his/her own pain but depend how s/he expresses. Some people try to hide the pain and someone is trying to understand one's pain in order to help them to overcome/recover. Everything we need is time. Just only time can help to heal the wounds, particularly, some wounds are deep in our hearts. Another elements to help us recover from pain are love and miracle. Together, time, love and miracle can help us all escape our own world to live in the better world, the world of love. There are many lives are shown in the movie but Sissi and Bodo represent of two lives in many tragic cases. One has a mother was killed by her own mad father; one has a wife was killed by chosen the suicidal way. Both are ladies but they both died in different situations. This movie for those who believe in love, believe in miracle, and believe that somewhere in this world there is someone who is waiting to love and to be loved. Let's love each other! I love this movie and I believe so do you.