Not the best of Scott's films, some sets are impressive but the film lacks something that Gladiator had, excitement, grandeur and humanity. Phoenix is not up to the job of being Napoleon, his accent is too American when it should be more continental-neutral `English. He plays a wooden character, if I did not know more about Napoleon I would have disliked him as played by Phoenix, lucky I have read a lot and I know that Napoleon was much more. I am glad I did not waste money to see it in the cinema.