Benjamin Franklin

April. 04,2022      
Rating:
8.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.

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Reviews

Twilightfa
2022/04/04

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

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Fatma Suarez
2022/04/05

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Rosie Searle
2022/04/06

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Haven Kaycee
2022/04/07

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

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