Napoleon review: Ridley Scott biopic of French ruler is tender with rough edges | Hollywood
Ridley Scott's biopic of 19th-century French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is a love story. Napoleon (Joaquin Phoenix) and his first wife Josephine (Vanessa Kirby) are star-crossed lovers united by the urge to be uninhibitedly themselves and divided by his ambition for power. Theirs is not an eternal love story, but more of a cautionary tale. Vanessa Kirby and Joaquin Phoenix as Josephine and Napoleon (Also Read: Napoleon: Watch these 5 Ridley Scott films before you catch his latest with Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa…