Stargate
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: October 28, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
9
Negative:
4
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50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Stargate is peppered with numerous minor faults, some of which - although not all - are easily forgiven. It's the bigger plot problems and lackluster climax which are more difficult to excuse. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleRobert Faires
Roland Emmerich hasn't bettered us as a culture with Stargate, but he hasn't corrupted us, either. Read full review
50
Washington PostHal Hinson
By the end, the film’s early promise has pretty much degenerated into routine pyrotechnics. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The film has flashes of psychedelic visual energy, but its story is limp. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesPeter Rainer
Without Davidson Stargate might seem clunky and routine, but he gives it a weirdo charge. It may be a lousy movie, but it's a more enjoyably lousy movie than most. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneJohanna Steinmetz
The arrival of Ra (Jaye Davidson), bearing sci-fi cliches, changes Stargate from a merely hokey movie to one that is truly ridiculous. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Magic it ain't, but competent isn't far off the mark. Neither is hum-drum. [28 Oct 1994]
50
Baltimore SunStephen Hunter
The special effects turn out to be not very special and not very effective, and the movie never achieves the lunatic grandeur of the truly demented. Stargate is strictly for the peanut gallery. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneDavid Baron
While this plot sketch suggests some elements that make Stargate intriguing, however, the movie ultimately fails to deliver on its promise of an intelligent story. [4 Nov 1994, p.L27]
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