The Name of the Rose

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The Name of the Rose

R

1986

2h 10m

Mystery & Thriller

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In the 14th century, William of Baskerville (Sean Connery), a renowned Franciscan monk, and his apprentice, Adso of Melk (Christian Slater), travel to an abbey where a suspicious death has occurred. Using his deductive powers, William begins investigating what he believes to be murder. During the course of his investigation, several more monks wind up dead. With fear running through the abbey, the church leaders call forth Bernardo Gui (F. Murray Abraham), William's nemesis, to find the truth.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

2.5/4

There are so many good things in The Name of the Rose -- the performances, the reconstruction of the period, the over-all feeling of medieval times -- that if the story had been able to really involve us, there would have been quite a movie here.

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Niall Browne

Movies in Focus

Aug 6

4/5

Deftly constructed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, The Name Of The Rose is an expertly crafted offbeat thriller. It eschews the obvious and delivers something that still feels fresh – no mean feat for a 40 year old film.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jul 31

5/5

…a film well worth preserving and returning to; a Sherlock Holmes in medieval garb which plays in a manner that’s anything but elementary….a playful whodunnit that plays with meta-levels as well as delivering a satisfying mystery…

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

04/15/2025

6/10

There is a certain degree of mystery with the priestly detective played by Sean Connery, but unfortunately, it frequent common places that take away intrigue from its plot about murder, heresy and corruption in medieval church. [Full review in Spanish]

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Eve Tushnet

Patheos

05/23/2022

James Horner provides excellent music, and Dante "Salo" Ferretti does his usual phenomenal job with the production design.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

08/31/2016

4/5

Umberto Eco seems unduly dismissive of a film that had to excise his postmodern trappings and scholarly sidebars. But it hasn't just been stripped down to a tawdry whodunit. Here, albeit in a streamlined way, the whydunit matters as much, if not more.

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Matt M

@RT80869222 Jul 12

I've only heard of this movie literally less than a week ago. It was surprisingly super good! The story and mystery in the movie is super good and has really good commentary on traditional Christianity/ Catholicism and blindly listening to the church and the higher ups especially during mass panic. Another thing I really loved was that they didn't beautify the medieval times. They made everything dirty and didn't choose gorgeous hollywood actors to play them (except for F. Murray Abraham 😍 who was snubbed for sexiest man alive by fellow costar Sean Connery in 1989). But in all seriousness I absolutely love Sean Connery in this movie. His character has to go way up there as one of my favorite characters ever in movies. Connery does such a perfect job playing someone who is super sophisticated and witty and basically an amazing detective. Everyone in this movie does an amazing job too like Ron Perlman and Christian Slater

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Mary S

@RT31692299 May 17

a masterwork of the grotesque, a medieval mirror of gross poverty in a land of male Christian domination and corruption

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Francis S.

@Francis101 Feb 11

Not a good adaptation and a messy directing. It stalls so often that you feel sorry for the actors. Excessive and confusing photography and production design. We often don't even know where we are.

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Patrice C

@PatCrative Jan 24

Insane and so actual

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David S.

@baxter667 Jan 16

Descent but a little bit overblown. This is interesting, if a bit of a long watch film, is all around a good film and a good mystery that has aged fine. It may have some content that may not be appropriate for younger viewers, but if you handle the adult themes at play here, you are going to enjoy this one and I did.

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Thomas D

@Thom1967 Dec 19

In my all times Top 5 ! No need for further explanation, better even than the book ! It will stay with you long after watching it !

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Synopsis

In the 14th century, William of Baskerville (Sean Connery), a renowned Franciscan monk, and his apprentice, Adso of Melk (Christian Slater), travel to an abbey where a suspicious death has occurred. Using his deductive powers, William begins investigating what he believes to be murder. During the course of his investigation, several more monks wind up dead. With fear running through the abbey, the church leaders call forth Bernardo Gui (F. Murray Abraham), William's nemesis, to find the truth.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Production Co: Cristaldi Film
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.2M
Runtime: 2h 10m
Sound Mix: Surround

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