Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

ddeelt Film was awarded a 2 for filming, but content earns a 0.While I can give a pass to certain inequities in movies, (i.e. the Nicholas Brothers dance number that Fred Astaire rated as the best dance number ever filmed) I draw the line at praising a film where a woman is kidnapped, raped, eventually returned, ridiculed upon her return, then runs off with her kidnapper/rapist, for the lame reason of her mother was half Egyptian, feeding into the stereotype that people of certain ethnic backgrounds should stick together.The cinematography of the film rated a 2 because that could be interesting.No matter when this picture was made, pre-code, post-code, whatever, there is no excuse for tolerating the torture of a woman, then have the woman go out of her way to return to her torturer. Sorry, no can do.

mmallon4 The Barbarian has to be seen to be believed. That's if you're able to believe this unbelievably ridiculous plot. Ramon Navarro's Jamil is the textbook definition of a creep and why the characters in the movie take as long as they do to realise this is beyond me. Throughout much of the film he treats the Myrna Loy's Diana like dirt. He kidnaps her, drags her into the desert, has her whipped by another man so he can pretend to save her and on top of that, or at least what's implied, he rapes her. Throughout The Barbarian I was thinking there's no way these two are getting together at the end of the film but with only five minutes run time left to go, Diana ditches her nice loving fiancé for the man who earlier in the film kidnapped her and made her life a living hell. Why?! Stockholm syndrome, abused wife syndrome, girls just love a bad boy syndrome?The final scene of the movie shows the two in a loving embrace on barge under the moonlight, implying that his ending is supposed to be happy. Uh no, this is dark and disturbing. This women is with a man who is the most morally dubious character being presented as the hero of the story I've ever seen. Is it supposed to be ironic or just horribly misguided? The Barbarian however is a rare instance of a movie which I feel kind of bad for having enjoyed, like I have to have the TV facing the wall in the corner of a room with the volume lowered, not letting anyone knowing I'm watching such a thing; or at least that was the case until I decided to post a review on the internet.So what makes this movie enjoyable? For starters, there is the unmitigated joy that comes from watching politically incorrect pre- code movies. I've seen some crazy pre-code films but this just takes the cake. It's like a train wreck, it's so shocking but you can't look away. Moments of The Barbarian are shocking, other times it's unintentionally funny, yet despite this bizarre mish-mash, the film works. It's engaging and there's tension throughout, the sets and locations are superb, feeling like a tourist brochure at its exotic interiors and landscapes and there's Myrna Loy's bathtub scene, a moment of astounding risqué beauty and one of the sexiest scenes in all of cinema. Loy actually shows a lot of skin throughout the film in a range of skimpy attire. This is also the only movie I've seen to date which shows that the Pyramids of Giza are right beside the city of Cairo and not in the middle of nowhere - Who knew! Watch and observe The Barbarian in all its unbelievable pre-code glory.

MissSimonetta What would you get if you cranked up the unfortunate racial and sexual implications of The Sheik (1921) to eleven? The Barbarian (1933).Ramon Novarro is badly miscast as a womanizing Arab prince who sets his eye on the beautiful American tourist Myrna Loy, who's visiting Morocco with her fiancé. He pretends to be her servant before kidnapping and raping her. He takes her to his desert tent, where he tries to force her to marry him, but she humiliates him during the ceremony, prompting him to let her go marry the man she loves..... Until she gets cold feet and decides she really loves the guy who stalked and assaulted her, so the movie ends with the two of them living happily ever after (made okay by the fact that Myrna's character is half Egyptian, mentioned once at the beginning and once at the end).The Sheik, while horribly dated and somewhat offensive, has Valentino's goofy performance and an undeniable kitsch element that makes it enjoyable as a "so bad, it's good" movie. Plus Valentino's sheik never actually rapes his female co-star. The Barbarian is truly vile. While it has some beautiful sets, a delicious scene of Myrna Loy lounging in a tub with deliberately placed rose petals, and a charming musical bit by Novarro, it's hard to get past the squick factor of the plot.

linda_ann_10-1 I have read the previous comments about this movie, and as much as sexual assault is heinous, it is unfair to judge a movie almost 75 years old by our standards in the 21st century. I have just seen it for the first time and I absolutely fell in love with all the characters and the roles they played! All we saw was Jamil kiss Diana passionately, and there is absolutely NOTHING that follows indicating that sex took place between the two characters at that desert scene. I do not think the writers or directors of the movie intended for us to conclude anything - it was a maybe at best as to whether or not they had sex. I have no use for feminazis who want to destroy older movies by assuming that this scene should be the whole basis of this film. It was well done with super talented actors, beautiful cinematography and magnificent costumes. AND, given the divorce rate today, we really have no right to judge or question why two people (fictional or real) fall in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together. These movies are what they are, some are good and some are, well, um, hmm..... overall, better than most of the modern garbage Hollywood puts out for it. I was so awed by this stunning film and I hope it comes out in DVD someday, I will be first in line to buy it!!!