Gloria
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: January 22, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
A smoother, funnier, more suspenseful and more endearing version of the 1980 John Cassavetes film of the same title. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
If the external threat in the plot were a little more credible, this would be an annoying distraction. But in the context of the rest of Gloria, it's a safe strategy: When not watching Sharon Stone act, audiences can fall back on just watching Sharon Stone. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's entertainment, but mild entertainment. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Just because it's not boring, that doesn't mean it's worth plunking down the price of admission. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Stone's latest penance is Gloria, the Sidney Lumet-directed dud that sprung from the singularly bad idea of remaking John Cassavetes' oddball 1980 character study. I mean, really, did anyone even like the original? Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
The shadow of Gena Rowlands looms over this picture like a cinematic eclipse. [25 January 1999, Tempo, p.5]
40
TV Guide MagazineSandra Contreras
A pale imitation of the John Cassavettes original. Read full review
40
SalonCharles Taylor
The most dispiriting thing about Gloria is that it's further evidence that filmmakers just don't know what to do with Sharon Stone. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Cassavetes's “Gloria” may have been action-packed nonsense, but it was enjoyable precisely because it was all of a piece. This Gloria is simply pieces--a few of them enjoyable, most of them not. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesJack Mathews
Not so much a remake of a film as it is a remake of an overcooked performance--a case of ham imitating ham. Read full review
30
Film ThreatMerle Bertrand
Listless clunker. Read full review
25
USA TodayAndy Seiler
Poor Sharon Stone! Poor Sidney Lumet! [22 January 1999, Life, p.11E]
20
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
While the somewhat indefatigable Stone may survive this misfire (she's survived plenty of others), Lumet may not. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
It’s hard to know what’s more depressing -- a senseless remake or the idea of a once-great director doing such shockingly slack work. Read full review
10
Washington PostStephen Hunter
I found myself praying that the film would jam and melt and, well past the halfway point, it did, and I was sprung, 30 minutes early. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
A classic like this deserves to be unearthed! After all, this picture is likely to command a pedestal of its own at the local video store. Just check for shelves marked either "Sharon Stone" or "Staff's Worst Picks of 1999." Read full review
10
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
An inexplicable and disastrous mismatch of sensibilities. Read full review
10
VarietyGodrey Cheshire
A travesty trying to be a Sharon Stone vehicle, this wooden crime yarn easily qualifies as the most tired, unexciting mob movie in recent memory. Read full review
0
Rolling StonePeter Travers
When studios plant these stink bombs in theaters, do they really think that audiences won't notice the stench? Read full review
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