Kundun

Kundun soars with directorial virtousity: eschewing the talkiness and grandiose stodginess of the standard historical biopic, the movie is propelled via Philip Glass' exhilarating score and a stream of richly textured powerful images...

Kundun is like one of the popularized lives of the saints that Scorsese must have studied as a boy in Catholic grade school.

Kundun is a portentous seat-shuffler; commendable ambition, plenty to look at...

...Thelma Schoonmaker's skillful editing and Philip Glass's mesmerizing score help give the story a surprisingly kinetic rhythm.

There are many gorgeous shots in Martin Scorsese's pensive drama about the youth and early adulthood of the Dalai Lama...