10,000 BC
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: March 7, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
17
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
If you thought "300" was silly, think of 10,000 BC as 33.333 times sillier. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Within a few minutes into the ponderous prehistoric pseudo-epic that is 10,000 B.C., you find yourself longing for George of the Jungle to crash into a tree or the Geico cavemen to amble up and put an end to the droning seriousness of this tedious tale. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
One doesn't expect intelligent scripting or deep characterization from Roland Emmerich, but the film's lack of energy, poor special effects, and monotonous pacing lead to an inescapable conclusion: 10,000 B.C. isn't only brain-dead, it's COMPLETELY dead. It's inert and without a heartbeat. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Tedious, ludicrous and harmless glimpse of the dawn of civilization. Read full review
38
PremiereRyan Stewart
A nonsensical vision of pre-history that lurches randomly between "caveman vs. jungle beast" encounters -- Roland Emmerich's Shlockalypto -- and a rococo Stargate spin-off involving pyramids, slave uprisings and oracles. Read full review
33
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
It's as if all the digital tools of new millennial filmmaking fell into the hands of men who had less storytelling sense than a campfire bard or a cave painter. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Overblown and stupefyingly dull. Read full review
30
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
One part Joseph Campbell hero quest, one part multi-culti morality tale, one part live-action "Flintstones" cartoon, 10,000 B.C. is finally every part just plain nuts, from a hike featuring more ecosystems than an Al Gore documentary to a wacky climax set amid pyramids that -- you'll e-mail me if I'm wrong -- wouldn't have been built for another 7,000 years or so. Read full review
30
SalonStephanie Zacharek
The picture, despite the grand panoramic scale Emmerich has tried to give it, is dopey and static. Its finest moments belong to the thundering herd of woolly mammoths who storm through the picture sometime in its first half-hour. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
I was kind of rough on "Apocalypto," which in retrospect seems like a minor classic compared to 10,000 BC. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTy Burr
So, yea, it is a stinker. But it is prophesied that in six months time you shall come across 10,000 B.C.’ in the land of Pay-Per-View. And you shall say: ‘‘Pass the popcorn.’’ Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
10,000 B.C. tries, but never catches fire. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Completely ridiculous, but fun to look at. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Call it "Apocalypto" for pussies -- a PG-13 rating, puh-leese! -- or prehistory for peabrains. Just don’t call it friendo. 10,000 B.C. will take your money, rob your time and hit your brain like a shot of Novacaine. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Neither grand enough to be impressive nor antic enough to be charming, the movie settles for bland and frantic, climaxing in a showdown among decadent pyramid builders. How bad are these guys? They're sadists...and, wink wink, sissies. Read full review
20
SlateDana Stevens
In terms of character development, wit, and simple curiosity, it's dumber than a Neanderthal. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
The only evolution in question here is that of Emmerich's skills as a director of motion pictures. Read full review
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