What is the iRankMovies score for Cleopatra?

Name: Cleopatra
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Genre: drama, history, romance
Released: 1963
Duration: 4 h 11 min
Rating: 7

Cleopatra has an iRankMovies score of 64.1/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Cleopatra (1963)

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Release:1963

Runtime:4h 11m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Language:English

Genre

DramaHistoryRomance

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Keywords

egyptSnakeGreeceNileCleopatraHistorical FigureAncient RomeAncient Egypt

iRank64

Cleopatra rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 41K votes

Rotten Tomatoes55%

Metacritic60%

TMDb7.058/10· 849 votes

With 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 60/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Cleopatra

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.

Cast of Cleopatra

Elizabeth Taylor
as Cleopatra
Richard Burton
as Marcus Antonius
Rex Harrison
as Julius Caesar
Pamela Brown
as High Priestess
George Cole
as Flavius
Hume Cronyn
as Sosigenes
Cesare Danova
as Apollodorus
Kenneth Haigh
as Brutus
Andrew Keir
as Agrippa
Martin Landau
as Rufio
Roddy McDowall
as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
Robert Stephens
as Germanicus

Cleopatra facts

Budget: $44M
Box office: $57.8M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Historic epic captures Ancient Egypt and Rome with lavish production scale
•Cleopatra character study explores power, romance, and political intrigue
•Mankiewicz delivers sweeping historical drama across multiple political factions

What the audience disliked

•Mixed critical and audience reception suggests uneven dramatic execution
•Length and pacing issues may challenge modern viewers accustomed to tighter editing