Gladiator

DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: May 5, 2000

8.8	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 1100 Ratings

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NickTheCritickNov 3, 2021

This movie provides good entertainment and Ridley Scott seems to give some brilliant directing moments at times but screenplay sucks, the movie is historically inaccurate as hell: from costumes, through the reconstruction of Rome up to theThis movie provides good entertainment and Ridley Scott seems to give some brilliant directing moments at times but screenplay sucks, the movie is historically inaccurate as hell: from costumes, through the reconstruction of Rome up to the events narrated. and I can't stand Hans Zimmer 's soundtrack that I found overly pompous and out of place. Fight scenes are so badly shot that they truly seem commercials.… Expand

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DeimonnJan 11, 2014

Adorei o filme cheio de aventura romance ação, em relação ao original e melhor

mas ainda gosto de filmes de Época onde mostra algo mais real ok valeu

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mawattie100Jul 14, 2013

I watched this movie with other epics like Braveheart in mind. I would think this would be a fair comparison but perhaps I should have seen it without trying to compare it with the likes of Braveheart, because this movie is a passionless,I watched this movie with other epics like Braveheart in mind. I would think this would be a fair comparison but perhaps I should have seen it without trying to compare it with the likes of Braveheart, because this movie is a passionless, murky experience.

When I watch the whole movie with a scowl on my face from squinting to much to see what is going on in the murkyness of the action and for the convoluted tone of the movie.. it's not a good sign.

So the issues: a pouty, uninspiring villian, murky, difficult to discern special fx and battle scenes, a convoluted plot and poor pacing.

Why then not a really low score like a 1-4 out of ten? Because Russell Crowe did do a good job, looking bold and also grizzly, and when I could discern what was happening and the movie focussed on the final battle sequence, it was involving.… Expand

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grandpajoe6191Sep 25, 2011

"Gladiator" is just your average Rome summer flick, between all those massive action and masterful dialogue.

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J-ShapAug 25, 2011

Analyzing Ridley Scott's past films, you can draw that conclusion that when it comes to technical mastery, he is simply a genius. Analyzing again, he also shows little understanding of the way characters play off one another and how to lookAnalyzing Ridley Scott's past films, you can draw that conclusion that when it comes to technical mastery, he is simply a genius. Analyzing again, he also shows little understanding of the way characters play off one another and how to look for stories with depth beneath all the tech. This is especially true in Gladiator, a movie with all the buildings for a boneheaded, kistchy, action-packed gorefest. If only Scott and Crowe realized that the movie is that as it is, rather trying to disguise it by trying to make it a drama, and a clunky one at that.… Expand

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PaxsterOct 23, 2010

Not sure I am really into these sandy classic epics from civilisations gone by. For sure, Crowe does a great job but by the end of the movie I was getting a little restless and I struggled to realise why it had gone for as long as it had.â

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GraemeHigginsonJul 6, 2012

"Gladiator" brings me to understand why so many knowledgable people have been apprehensive to agree when I

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adamnJul 31, 2007

Really, not enough action to make up for the horrible plot. I cannot believe Russel Crowe won best actor for this but not A Beautiful Mind, which he was spectacular in. The people who claim this is the best movie ever made are in the same Really, not enough action to make up for the horrible plot. I cannot believe Russel Crowe won best actor for this but not A Beautiful Mind, which he was spectacular in. The people who claim this is the best movie ever made are in the same vein of people who think the DaVinci Code is the best book ever written. The action is good (though hasn't aged well), but the rest is not even as close to as good as it's made to be.… Expand

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MrMovieBuffDec 4, 2016

"Are you not entertained?!" Says Russell Crowe in his ambitious character. I was entertained... for the most part of 'Gladiator', directed by Ridley Scott, the movie stars Russell Crowe as Maximus, the leader of the Roman army to battle"Are you not entertained?!" Says Russell Crowe in his ambitious character. I was entertained... for the most part of 'Gladiator', directed by Ridley Scott, the movie stars Russell Crowe as Maximus, the leader of the Roman army to battle against the Germanic tribes. Maximus decides to retire to his Spanish farm estate, however, the son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) wants to rule, but is unfit in his own father's eyes, to say the least. However, Commodus does end up becoming the new ruler, and asks Maximus for his loyalty, Maximus is then arrested, but manages to escape and get back to his farm. When he arrives, he sees that his family are dead, meaning he was too late to return. When Maximus finally goes to show what he is capable of, that is when the movie really starts to move fast, however, some of the dialogue in this movie comes off as a little corny, even for a movie that was released in 2000. The screenplay by David Faranzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson is sharp, but ill-timed here and there. Ridley Scott directs this movie with pure ambition, and Russell Crowe is at his best here, not to mention Joaquin Phoenix, who plays the cold villain with such a menacing presence. The movie, as a whole, feels a bit stale and at times, emotionally detaching. I liked it for the most part... but I couldn't admire or even love it.… Expand

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solomsApr 17, 2015

A little bit boring. I liked the way they filmed the scenes, I really like the scenarium but the story is the most important thing in a movie. And that was to boring, like many other movies that pretend to show the same era and the sama story.

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Ryousei29Aug 12, 2020

Ignore this, i just wrote this in all my reviews to have in somewhere a list of all cottent thats i've saw or played in my life. Just that, sorry if you see this and you are looking for something se

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geewahJan 12, 2021

Has some fine moments, but on the whole that doesn't make up for what is a bloated, predictable and at times quite dull movie.

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