perplexingwound Can't believe that Ben Kingsley would participate in a blatant propaganda film. And one financed by the Turks to shift blame for the attempted genocide of the Armenians from the budding Turkish government to 'rogue' military units, despite extensive historical verified evidence showing the Turkish government orchestrated the systematic killing of the Armenians.The movie is a poor attempt to influence public opinion in response to the more historically accurate The Promise.Save your brain cells. Do not watch this steaming pile.And if Ben Kingsley reads this review, shame on you sir. Your career is filled with many amazing performances. You have made us laugh with your comedic roles, made us deeply feel with your dramatic roles, and made us examine history with your 'non-fictional' roles. And with this role, you have appalled many of us by trying to present bald propaganda as historical fact.

Kirpianuscus A war film. or a romantic one. each discovers what he want. and the only delicate aspect could be the unrealistic expectation. because it is less a political movie, it is less a pledge for a cause or the other but one of beautiful - bitter stories about people, emotions, contact between different worlds and the result of this meet. a film who preserves its noble intentions to the first scene to the last, against pathetic scenes and too many black/white perspective or too sentimental parts. but this does it touching. and, maybe, useful, remembering many other stories about same theme.

rps-2 Puzzled by the number of bad reviews and one star ratings! This film gets one of my not too frequent tens. Where do we start? The superb performances, especially the incomparable Ben Kingsley... The stunningly beautiful photography... The fascinating locations... The effective dialogue... The realistic recreation of 1914 in both the US and Turkey...There also is an intriguing plot with an unconventional love triangle... It's a war movie, a love story, an historical drama and a travelogue all wrapped to-gether in one very nice package.

rashaalkallas Very fake movie trying to clean the killers and make the events look like regular war between two sides