Gladiator
DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: May 5, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
Positive:
33
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The script by producer David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson is serviceable but not exactly inspired. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Filled with brilliant filmmaking and features outstanding performances, but it's neither profound enough nor pop enough to be great -- it's mournful, serious, beautiful and, finally, pointless. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Like an aging athlete who knows how to husband strength and camouflage weaknesses, it makes the most of what it does well and hopes you won't notice its limitations. Read full review
60
The New York TimesElvis Mitchell
Grandiose and silly. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
The digital animation is far more evident here than in "The Phantom Menace." Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It's a loud, obnoxious, and pleasant-enough entertainment, but hardly the soaring tale of one man's struggle that it was so clearly envisioned to be. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
The soul of Gladiator is made sluggish by a maddening lack of suspense. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Scott's filmmaking is as blunt and bullying as the mayhem it portrays. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It employs depression as a substitute for personality, and believes that if the characters are bitter and morose enough, we won't notice how dull they are. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
Well, it's better than "The Phantom Menace."
40
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
For all its grandeur, Gladiator is a canned experience, a film that flails around awkwardly trying to find a reason to exist, or at least a compelling story to tell. Read full review
40
SlateDavid Edelstein
Gladiator's combination of grim sanctimony and drenching, Dolby-ized dismemberings left me appalled. Read full review
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