The Legend of Zorro
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 28, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
18
Negative:
6
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90
SalonStephanie Zacharek
The picture is almost shamefully entertaining, bold and self-effacing at once: Its intelligence reveals itself as a devilish gleam, not a pompous layer of shellac. Why can't more Hollywood movies be like this one? Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Turning "Zorro" into a family movie with domestic squabbles and sitcom situations takes some of the luster off the romantic adventure of Old California. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian Lowry
Bigger, louder and considerably less charming than its predecessor…Still, there are enough crowd-pleasing moments amid the frenetic action. Read full review
70
SlateDavid Edelstein
Good as it is, The Legend of Zorro would be a hollow feat without leads who are drop-dead-gorgeous movie stars and spectacular clowns. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Banderas uses all his old wiles in this well-oiled, businesslike, quite clangingly violent sequel to "The Mask of Zorro." Read full review
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
You must cast aside all rules of our space-time continuum to appreciate a fantasy like this one, though even then you might consider 130 minutes to be too much of a good thing. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
A movie-movie - big, lush and sexy. And formulaic, saddled with more plot than it needs and more "Spy Kids" references than it should have, but still . . . Read full review
63
USA TodayMike Clark
Of all things, this movie has the same problem "Ghostbusters 2" had, which is this: You can't take bigger-than-life screen types and toss them into everyday, regular-folk situations. Read full review
63
PremiereRyan Devlin
The family dynamic, paired with a few delicious action scenes, is engaging enough that we hardly notice the fillm's major flaw, a rather flimsy and sometimes jingoistic subplot having to do with California's independence. Read full review
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