300
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: March 9, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
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19
Mixed:
16
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
We've seen plenty of sword-and-sandal epics, full of robustly virile men fighting like real men against other men. But we've never seen those hyper-macho mechanics presented with the brutal beauty and thrilling finesse of 300, clearly the best film of 2007 so far. Read full review
83
Seattle Post-IntelligencerGianni Truzzi
Director Zack Snyder uses his computers to create ferocious and painterly images, with as much attention to each frame as a hand-drawn panel. Read full review
80
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
A newfangled old-fashioned movie about glory, honor, sacrifice and a martial code that crosses into fascism, homoerotism and homophobia at the same time -- there are plenty of turn-off buttons in this one. But by Zeus, this is a ripping yarn, told with limb-rending gusto, an iconic ancient battle as seen by an iconic comic-book creator, Frank Miller. Read full review
80
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
300 is a feast for the senses (well, two of them anyway) and an impressive technical achievement. More than that, it's a hell of a lot of fun. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Not since Mario Bava's "Hercules in the Haunted World" has Greco-Roman movie-house mythmaking been so thoroughly well-conceived and executed. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
300 may not offer masterful storytelling in a conventional sense, but it's hard to beat as a spectacle and that makes it worthwhile viewing for all but the most squeamish of potential audience members. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Look, but don't be touched: There is much to see but little to remember in this telling of a battle we are meant never to forget. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
300 is a movie blood-drunk on its own artful excess. Guys of all ages and sexes won't be able to resist it. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
300 is a huge step forward in visually sophisticated storytelling. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Cinema has once again proven its ability to incorporate every other mass-media art form. Director Zack Snyder and his computer wizards have made the best example yet of the movie-as-comic-book. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
It's impossible not to be moved by its nearly nonstop visual assault. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Significantly, this hyper-stylization of 300 is limited to its visuals. The performances are played straight, and this combination -- straight performances and stylized visuals -- produces an uncanny effect. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It may not be by-the-book history -- a relative term in any event, when discussing the ancients whose worldview embraced men, gods and monsters -- but what a spectacle! Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill Muller
In creating the ultimate movie for sword-and-sandal blood-spatter fetishists, director Zack Snyder scores on the spectacle side—300 looks amazing—but his mechanical story line and over-the-top melodramatics don't support the action. [9 March 2007, p.1]
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
In epic battle scenes where he combines breathtaking and fluid choreography, gorgeous 3-D drawings and hundreds of visual effects, director Zack Snyder puts onscreen the seemingly impossible heroism and gore of which Homer sang in "The Iliad." Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
The movie swings back and forth from awesome to awful so regularly and rapidly that it's like a jai alai match. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
This is a mixed blessing. For a story replete with open-air combat 300 is strangely claustrophobic. And for a film with lotsa flesh and even more blood, it's light on flesh-and-blood characters. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
300 is at its best when it settles for purely visceral thrills, such as Leonidas' battle against a hulking warrior twice the size of a normal man. The movie's broad strokes are all superlative: It's the details that keep 300 from being anything more than a striking curiosity. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
The action epic 300 is so overblown, overheated and over the top that on some level, it's fun to get caught up in the operatic dizziness of it. Read full review
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