Storyline
Lillie, a determined American woman, ventures overseas to join Dr. Jude at a remote medical mission in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). However, Lillie soon finds herself at odds with Jude and the mission’s founder, Woodruff, when she falls for the titular military man, Ismail, just as the war is about to erupt.
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Cast
Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Brian Caspe, Affif Ben Badra, Paul Barrett, Haluk Bilginer, Hera Hilmar, Michiel Huisman, Peter Hosking, Ara Woland, Selçuk Yöntem, Begum Burian, Jessica Turner, Eliska Slansky, Hasan Say, Deniz Kilic Flak, Aysen Sümercan, Murat Seven, Bree Welch, Joe Weintraub, Ephraim Goldin, Tzvi Shmilovich, Ayse Eldek, Ali Riza Sahenk
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Reviews
40
Village Voice
This movie's got everything except gravity or a sense of emotional coherence.
40
The by-the-numbers story never achieves its aimed-for grandeur or intensity, and the striking Turkish locations prove far more interesting than the characters.
40
This well-intentioned, sumptuously shot tale of love and war, directed by Joseph Ruben, lacks the emotional depth and romantic grandeur to fulfill its epic ambitions.
38
What we’re left with is a botched romance saddled with an over-arching, over-reaching message, one that only the Turks will be quick to embrace.
37
Morality is hardly the main concern of The Ottoman Lieutenant. Instead, it’s content with hackneyed romance and soaring strings.
