Gladiator

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Critics' Reviews

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Philadelphia Inquirer: Desmond Ryan
It's a stunning Roman triumph.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
What matters for today's hero is the good fight, and Gladiator KOs us with a doozy.Read Full Review »
90
ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Glorious, a colossus of rousing action and ferocious fun.Read Full Review »
80
Washington Post: Desson Thomson
One extended guilty pleasure.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
Quite a good movie--a big, fat, rousing, intelligent, daring, retro, many-adjective-requiring entertainment.Read Full Review »
70
NewsWeek: Andrea C. Basora
The fight scenes are dynamic, intricately choreographed, and downright exciting.Read Full Review »
63
USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
Instead of the heat of humanity, what lingers on in the mind is the cool of the computerized effects.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
It epitomizes the kind of high-profile bloodshed we now expect to herald the hazy, lazy, blockbuster-fixated days of summer.Read Full Review »
60
The New York Times: A.O. Scott
Grandiose and silly.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
The digital animation is far more evident here than in "The Phantom Menace."Read Full Review »
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