Amazon.com video review:
Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 multiple-Oscar winner
(including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Ben
Kingsley) is an engrossing, reverential look at the life of Mohandas
K. Gandhi, who introduced the doctrine of nonviolent resistance to the
colonized people of India and who ultimately gained the nation its
independence. Kingsley is magnificent as Gandhi as he changes over the
course of the three-hour film from an insignificant lawyer to an
international leader and symbol. Strong on history (the historic
division between India and Pakistan, still a huge problem today, can
be seen in its formative stages here) as well as character and ideas,
this is a fine film. --Tom Keogh
