Enemy at the Gates
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 16, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
14
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
It's as if an obsessed movie nut had decided to collect every bad war-movie convention on one computer and program it to spit out a script. Read full review
30
VarietyDerek Elley
Shows a consistent inability to generate any kind of drama when characters open their mouths. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Add a megadose of bombastic James Horner music and a perfunctory love-affair subplot and you have a movie that's its own worst enemy. Read full review
20
SlateDavid Edelstein
He (Annaud) doesn't have a clue how to dramatize the romance. Fiennes, whose eyes are extremely close together, stares with a mixture of rage and longing at Weisz, whose eyes are extremely far apart, and the film turns into "The Dating Game" designed by Picasso. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Most of the prime goofiness is given over to Vassili and Konig sharpshooting at each other while the battle rages. The movie's a red elephant.
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