Antitrust
MGM Distribution | Release Date: January 12, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
12
Negative:
15
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Becomes a very conventional suspense film, replete with virtually every cliche of the genre, some used more than once. Read full review
63
USA TodayAndy Seiler
Robbins' performance as Winston is the best thing in the movie. Read full review
60
Village VoiceDennis Lim
It's a kick to see the Tim Robbins version of the man recently described by the Microsoft trial judge as "Napoleonic" installed in a disgustingly opulent Bond-villain HQ/pad, and the overwrought Boiler Room-meets-The Game scenario is not without its own schlocky pleasures. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
I do wish Mr. Robbins's one-note co-stars had been worthy of his performance, and that some of the melodramatics hadn't been quite so slapdash.
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
It is ultimately more routine than provocative, despite the timeliness and seriousness of the issues it raises. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It's hooey, but it's hooey that picks up in the second half, not exactly redeeming itself but fitfully engaging.
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
While Robbins has a good time playing the boyish devil, the rest of the principals transmit on an awfully low baud rate. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
An example of a film that begins with a provocative idea and then runs itself into the ground with clumsy structuring.
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Ironically, the filmmakers seem to think the audience for this movie about super-smart people is super-dumb. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
They might have been able to make a nice little thriller out of Antitrust if they'd kept one eye on the Goofy Meter. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Taps into a fear hitherto unexplored by cinema: fear of Bill Gates. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Silly but fairly harmless. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe Leydon
Robbins is such a live wire that he's able to jumpstart his co-stars whenever they're interfacing onscreen. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The plot of Antitrust is intricate and uneven, overloaded with twists and not very jolting surprises. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
An inferior factory product, cranked out with little care and less imagination, that seems all the dumber because it's pretending to be smart and topical.
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Better than you might expect, if you didn't expect it to be any good. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
An unintentional high-tech hoot.
30
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
As a film, it essentially bites. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
This compression of logic--coupled with two hours of ham-fisted delivery--guarantees that Antitrust won't jangle your nerves but will intermittently split your sides with laughter. Read full review
30
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Poops out before it ever really gets going. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A big techno-dud.
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It's phony and forced, but mostly it's just silly. If there was once a satirical edge to this thriller, it's been programmed right out. Read full review
20
SlateDavid Edelstein
Libel on one of the true visionaries of American business in the 20th century, a man unfairly demonized for doing what others strove to do but doing it faster and better. Read full review
20
Film.comErnest Hardy
A crap film that's steeped in liberal paranoia, but it's also so ludicrous that it falls under the guilty-pleasure category. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A storyline that makes less sense than the current state of tech stocks on the Nasdaq. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It's too bad we don't have red, glowing DELETE buttons next to those soda cup holders. I could have done the world a favor. Read full review
10
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
Antitrust is anti-fun, anti-wakefulness, and anti-interesting.
10
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Gives us good reason to believe that January really is the month Hollywood studios use to bury their cheesiest mistakes. Read full review
0
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Monumentally silly thriller.
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