A teenage girl from a remote village in France receives a vision that drives her to stand before the world and announce she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country.
5 October 1962, Paris, France
20 October 1934, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
9 December 1953, Christopher, Illinois, USA
7 September 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
3 April 1926, London, England, UK
14 May 1931, Wingham, Kent, England, UK
24 June 1955, Northampton, England, UK
4 December 1937, Springs, South Africa
8 August 1920, Dozule, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
23 November 1966, Paris, France
28 August 1923, London, England, UK
January 20, 2009
Jovovich brings an intensity to the role well-matched to Besson's stylistic energy, though this comic-bookish take on Jeanne D'Arc won't be winning any historical-society awards. [Blu-ray]January 01, 2000
The English are uniformly and broadly portrayed as villainous louts, and today's four-letter oaths sound laughably anachronistic.January 01, 2000
What an unholy mess.January 01, 2000
Milla Jovovich, who plays Joan, is a young woman who has been unmemorable in several pictures.January 01, 2000
Half-baked.March 04, 2002
This unusual French interpretation of Joan of Arc sees her as a radical zealot like John Brown.February 14, 2001
Girlfriend was a few fries short of a happy meal.March 07, 2002
Makes precious little sense.November 13, 2008
Impressive to look at, but in the end, it just doesn't ring true.January 01, 2000
I know less about Joan of Arc now than I did going into the film.January 01, 2000
It's hard to recommend it to people who like action and blood because of all the talking; and, because of all the blood, it's hard to recommend it to those who might be interested in the talk.January 01, 2000
Nothing less than a miracle saved France, The Messenger tells us, and nothing less than a miracle would be needed to rescue this film from itself.