The Aviator
Miramax Films | Release Date: December 17, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
36
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Visually sumptuous if disappointingly hollow account of Hughes's early life. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Brisk, glossy and gloriously art-directed, Scorsese's lavish biopic is a pop trifle, engaging but not compelling. Read full review
60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
We may enjoy watching the spectacles, but we don't much care for, or even have a feeling for, the guy in the cockpit. Read full review
60
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
This same film, shot for shot, line for line, could have been much more solid and engrossing, much farther up the Parnassian slope, with a better actor as Hughes. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
The Aviator could've been a "Raging Bull" brother film, given that masterpiece's crystalline purity of purpose and humiliated courage. But it brakes far short. Read full review
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