The Judgment of Buddha

An extraordinary picture and unquestionably a first-class offering as entertainment. It is one of the few attempts to picture distantly former times that have seemed to this reviewer truly successful. In the first place, it was photographed in and about one of those astonishing buildings that were the glory of the East when it was in the heyday of its vigor, a palace and a temple of immense proportions and beauty and most convincing as the very locality where the myth story was born. It is plain that no white man made up the story. It is thoroughly Oriental and Buddhistic and has been played mostly, if not wholly, by Cambodians. There is a simple and effective sincerity all through it. Best of all, from the viewpoint of the exhibitor, it is a good story, clearly articulated, interesting and human. We believe it a very desirable release from all points of view. There is one poor scene, but the rest of the two reels seem to us about all that would be desired. - The Moving Picture World, November 29, 1913