Product Details

• Actors: Cesar Montano, Tanya Gomez
• Directors: Marilou Diaz-Abaya
• Format: NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: GMA Films
• Run Time: 175 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000JWVBN4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,918 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896), Philippine nationalist and martyr, pride of the Malayan race, was a versatile genius. He was a poet and patriot, novelist, painter, sculptor, linguist, physician, ophthalmic surgeon, educator, ethnologist, naturalist, economist, engineer, and theologian. He was an expert swordsman and a good shot. Having studied and traveled extensively in Europe, America and Asia, he mastered 22 languages including Latin, Spanish, German, English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Russian, Tagalog, and other native dialects. "Jose Rizal" is the most spectacular and controversial Philippine film epic made to date. It was released in Manila, in June 1998, the Centennial of Philippine Independence.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tough to follow, but good story, April 24, 2010

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Enjolras (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jose Rizal The Movie - Philippine Tagalog (DVD)

It's nice to see a movie about historical figures in Asia because there is quite a bit of fascinating history there that simply doesn't get told outside the individual countries.Jose Rizal The Movie - Philippine Tagalog tells the story of Filipino nationalist leader Jose Rizal. Overall, it keeps a good dramatic pace while managing to stay historically accurate.

If I had one complaint, at times, the plot and timeline were a bit unclear, as it occasionally jumps back and forth in time. It doesn't give much context to viewers unfamiliar with Philippine history - even after taken a course on the Philippines, I was still unfamiliar with much of the historical context - so it took a bit of time to really settle into the movie. Once I did, it was well worth the effort.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must see movie, December 15, 2010

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Carina Reyes (SAN JOSE, CA, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jose Rizal The Movie - Philippine Tagalog (DVD)

Provocative film making. Amazing cinematography taking you back in a forgotten time. Acting was top notch and as a filipina, I felt more connected to my past. Jose Rizal is an Abe Lincoln of our time.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jose Rizal - the conveniently forgotten hero, January 25, 2007

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MilpitasGuy "Vince" (Milpitas, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jose Rizal The Movie - Philippine Tagalog (DVD)

You ever hear of someone having a "martyr complex"? Jose Rizal had it in spades. He was willing to sacrifice everything including life itself for this patriotic ideal of a more democratic Philippines. The irony of course is that the ideals he fought for, i.e., national unity and a national identity seem to have been forgotten after the Americans left in 1946. Unlike most of his countrymen of his era, Jose Rizal was an intellectual and he was prescient enough to realize that there could never be a country unless each Filipino recognized the need for self-sacrifice and putting aside differences for the common good. Sad to say that since his death, the country has degenerated into rival political clans and families - pretty much the same way Filipinos used to be before the Spaniards arrived. Sure, most everybody including Juan dela Cruz on the street will pay lip service to the idea of a common identity as "Filipinos" but, in practice, it's every man for himself. Self-sacrifice? Fuhgeddaboutit!!