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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60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Things become almost too strange and convoluted to handle. The story's dramatic effectiveness starts to seriously malfunction. The fascinating and the mysterious become the silly and occasionally comical. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
A solid, interesting B-movie, in another season it would seem a good deal fresher. Read full review
60
VarietyRobert Koehler
Comes too late, far surpassed by similar and more visually stunning devices in "The Matrix," and even by the mind-bending realities of "eXistenZ." Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
No-one's-home acting by Bierko and Mol doesn't help, while the talented D'Onofrio ("The End of the World") and Mueller-Stahl (a veteran of European pictures) are better than the material. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Despite earnest performances by Mueller-Stahl, Bierko, Mol and Vincent d'Onofrio (in the duel role of a programmer and a VR bartender), the movie feels like a bit of a rehash. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Terry Gilliam's “12 Monkeys” can teach The Thirteenth Floor a little something about how to have fun with time travel. And with one number less. [28 May 1999, Life, p.7E]
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
There is a very good movie stuck somewhere on The Thirteenth Floor trying to get out. Too bad this isn't it. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Darkly elegant cinematography helps compensate for awful dialogue and lackluster acting. Read full review
50
Washington PostRita Kempley
Rusnak, who was the second-unit director of "Godzilla," brings plenty of style to this ambitious yet utterly anticlimactic thumb-sucker. Read full review
40
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Repackaged as cyberthriller, the old time-travel adventure returns in this stylish but overplotted and ultimately illogical combination of science fiction, mystery and romance. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
For all the soaring visual splendor of its past, present and future, it's hobbled by a murky plot that proves to be not all that original once it starts unraveling. Read full review
40
Film ThreatRon Wells
The fourth best virtual reality film of 1999. The best is "The Matrix". The second best is "eXistenZ". The third best, well, there's got to be something better than this. Read full review
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