<P> mounts a powerful challenge to his audience by presenting Gandhi as the most profound and effective of revolutionaries, creating out of a fierce personal discipline a chain reaction that led to tremendous historical consequences . At a time of deep political unrest, economic dislocation and nuclear anxiety, seeing "Gandhi" is an experience that will change many minds and hearts . </P> <P> According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications there was "a cycle of film and television productions which emerged during the first half of the 1980s, which seemed to indicate Britain's growing preoccupation with India, Empire and a particular aspect of British cultural history". In addition to Gandhi, this cycle also included Heat and Dust (1983), Octopussy (1983), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), The Far Pavilions (1984) and A Passage to India (1984). </P> <P> The film holds an 87% rating on website Rotten Tomatoes based on 52 reviews collected with an average score of 8 / 10 . Its critics' consensus reads: "Director Richard Attenborough is typically sympathetic and sure - handed, but it's Ben Kingsley's magnetic performance that acts as the linchpin for this sprawling, lengthy biopic ." CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film a rare "A +" grade . In 2010, the Independent Film & Television Alliance selected the film as one of the 30 Most Significant Independent Films of the last 30 years </P> <P> Other negative reviews were from Patrick French who wrote the following in his book India: A Portrait </P>

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