Eureka

United International Pictures (UIP) | Release Date: October 5, 1984

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63	METASCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews

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EmpireKim Newman

Strong performances anchor a series of unforgettable scenes. Breathtaking and unfathomable. Read full review

The GuardianMike Sumner

Mesmerising mosaic of a thriller-plus from Nicolas Roeg, bringing dazzling (blinding, to a nervous studio and some critics) new reflections on the woes of wealth. Gene Hackman is excellent as Citizen Kane-ish figure atop mountain of gold and amidst nest of vipers. [07 Sep 1989]

Dennis Hunt

It's an absorbing study of power couched in thriller format. As with any Roeg film, the stunning visuals are the real star. [20 Dec 1985, p.22]

Roger Ebert

If Eureka is not completely successful if, indeed, it is sometimes merely silly and often confusing, maybe that's the price we pay for Roeg's intensity. At least it is never boring. Read full review

Dave Kehr

There is enough stylish sex and amusing character work (the supporting cast includes Ed Lauter, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesci, and Helen Kallianiotis) to carry the day. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

While the weight of Roeg's success is usually stylistic, this is more of a harkback to the cosmic scale of The Man Who Fell to Earth, with enormous themes streaming through a strange tale. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)

Full of the lush, confusing images one comes to expect in a Nicolas Roeg film. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Even by his own standards, Nicolas Roeg's Eureka is an indulgent melodrama [based on a book by Marshall Houts] about the anticlimactic life of a greedy gold prospector after he has struck it rich. Read full review

Eureka is vintage Roeg in its sweep, its bravado, and its explosive visual style. It's also a murky stew of half-baked story ideas, overcooked sex, and nasty violence, inhabited by characters who'd be tedious even if they didn't talk, talk, talk through one self-indulgent scene after another. [11 Sep 1985, p.23]

Walter Goodman

There are enough plots here for several movies, but not enough for this one. Read full review