The Thirteenth Floor
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 28, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
12
Negative:
9
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38
Chicago TribuneBarbara Shulgasser
Let's just say that not revealing this film's idiotic intricacies would be like not divulging that the fish is rotten lest the news spoil the surprise of food poisoning. [28 May 1999, Friday, p.A]
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The Thirteenth Floor shows what can happen when film makers fail to recognize that they need more than a concept to establish a full-length motion picture. Read full review
30
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Between the 12th floor and the 14th floor, boredom awaits! Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Fumbles on so many levels it's just plain silly. To paraphrase the film's tagline: The Thirteenth Floor: You can go there, but why would you want to? Read full review
30
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
It'll make you cyberlaugh, it'll make you cybercry, just like cyberlife -- One thing is certain: your boredom Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverM. V. Moorhead
It doesn't help that the special effects aren't spectacular, the pace is numbing, and Bierko is an even less mesmerizing presence than Keanu Reeves. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Another virtual-reality SF movie -- and you're not likely to care. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyStaff (not credited)
So what is real? Only the boredom of the audience as the film collapses from one meaningless false-bottom environment to the next. Read full review
10
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
Offers no perverse philosophical conundrums and no eye-popping visuals. It's a dull, lifeless bore. Read full review
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