Ben-Hur

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 19, 2016

4.9	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 156 Ratings

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sgy0003Aug 20, 2016

Well after Noah and Exodus i gave up on bible-based movies. This is no exception. It's another CGI-fest mess that focuses less on the message and more the visuals and scenes.

11 of 17 users found this helpful116

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Muskrat147Aug 19, 2016

A horribly miscast, poorly executed, thinly written remake, Ben Hur is a complete mess, and slobbers over its potential greatness with choppy action, cliched dialogue, and terrible special effects.

12 of 20 users found this helpful128

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kinokriticSep 6, 2016

Тимур Бикмамбетов снова пытается ворваться в Голливуд, и снова неудачно, плохие спецэффекты, плохо прописанные персонажи, слабый сценарий мешают мне назвать этот фильм хотя бы смотрибельным, из плюсов был только главный герой. А так полноеТимур Бикмамбетов снова пытается ворваться в Голливуд, и снова неудачно, плохие спецэффекты, плохо прописанные персонажи, слабый сценарий мешают мне назвать этот фильм хотя бы смотрибельным, из плюсов был только главный герой. А так полное дерьмо… Expand

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IntroduceAug 19, 2016

Remaking Ben-Hur is like doing Pulp Fiction again, in ten years...Badly~~!.
If you end up watching this,
your gona lose all your credibility with the cinematic gods.
So don't. Seriously.

8 of 14 users found this helpful86

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ZeebaEataAug 19, 2016

One surely must have a guts to remake one of the best movies of all the time. The director of Ben-Hur 2016 has no vision, no talent, no inspiration. Just guts.
Disgusting!

4 of 10 users found this helpful46

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DavidV293Aug 29, 2016

I couldn't wait for this movie to be over, so I can **** on it and give it my honest opinion. It starts off terrible and it ends horrible. The action was okay, but the ACTING. Holy crap, I wanted to yell and say this movie is **** to theI couldn't wait for this movie to be over, so I can **** on it and give it my honest opinion. It starts off terrible and it ends horrible. The action was okay, but the ACTING. Holy crap, I wanted to yell and say this movie is **** to the whole audience. Will you see this movie in Netflix? yes. Will the price drop when it comes on DVD/Blu ray? HELL YEAHH!.… Expand

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ThegodfathersonAug 22, 2016

Ben-Hur was a film that was spectacular in its own right and did not deserve such an awful and lifeless remake such as this. Ben-Hur Rebooted is a boring drag that features such talent as Morgan Freeman and Jack Huston, who sadly fall under aBen-Hur was a film that was spectacular in its own right and did not deserve such an awful and lifeless remake such as this. Ben-Hur Rebooted is a boring drag that features such talent as Morgan Freeman and Jack Huston, who sadly fall under a script wrapped with cringy dialogue. Sprinkle some horrific CGI and you have a disaster. The fights and brutality don't add up to what the original gave us. The chariot races lack depth that might have made for an entertaining climax. This one is a mess.… Expand

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Nobilis1984Aug 27, 2016

Oh what you have just committed a crime here. The remake is so bad that himself Heston again ashamed stranger in the grave to death. CGI is not everything and that one has not learned from Clash of the Titans is sad.
Looks prefer the original.

3 of 9 users found this helpful36

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WendyTAug 20, 2016

Stripped of the sly gay sub text in the Vidal-crafted screenplay of the original this is a slog to get through. Technical improvements in the chariot race are noteworthy but hardly revolutionary not to mention that you pay a steep price inStripped of the sly gay sub text in the Vidal-crafted screenplay of the original this is a slog to get through. Technical improvements in the chariot race are noteworthy but hardly revolutionary not to mention that you pay a steep price in sitting through stilted dialog and wooden acting to view them. Save your money; all you really need to know we learned int he original - if you contract leprosy a good crucifixion will take care of those legions faster than you can consume a box of Junior Mints.… Expand

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JyroJyroSep 11, 2017

A rather dull remake that makes the fatal mistake of following too closely to the original story, whilst simultaneously failing to deliver it in a comparably epic way.

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BroyaxMar 14, 2019

Décidément Ben-Hur, t'es aussi mauvais que ton ancêtre mais pas forcément pour les mêmes raisons... mais t'es un mauvais film quand même, toujours aussi tarte même à notre époque ! je crois que l'histoire a réellement un problème et qu'elleDécidément Ben-Hur, t'es aussi mauvais que ton ancêtre mais pas forcément pour les mêmes raisons... mais t'es un mauvais film quand même, toujours aussi tarte même à notre époque ! je crois que l'histoire a réellement un problème et qu'elle est trop fatiguenaze pour qu'on puisse en tirer quoi que ce soit. Que ce soit en 4 heures ou en moins de 2, c'est trop niais, trop débile, trop gnagnan et trop con, alors arrête ton char parce que tu nous les casses sévèrement ! j'ignore comment ils ont fait mais ce reboot reste en effet presque aussi chiant que la chienlit de 1959 qui n'en finissait plus... Les acteurs y sont en tout cas encore plus nazes que jadis... Evidemment les effets numériques et les décors sont bien mieux faits et la mise en scène n'est pas aussi craignos qu'on aurait pu le craindre. Mais ça craint bien quand même, tout ça.… Expand

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dylieboi69Jan 21, 2021

Just watch the chariot race and the boat scene, that's all the entertainment value this soulless movie has to offer.

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