The cast is a delight, but it's Willis who is the film's true "fifth element," giving it life, depth and humanity.Read Full Review »
80
Washington Post: Rita Kempley
An entertaining tangle of pop aesthetic and comic book myth that occasionally bogs down, but manages to be ingratiating for all its defects.Read Full Review »
75
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
I would not have missed seeing this film, and I recommend it for its richness of imagery. But at 127 minutes, which seems a reasonable length, it plays long.Read Full Review »
70
Washington Post: Desson Thomson
There’s so much high-voltage fun running throughout this comic sci-fantasy -- engineered gleefully by director Luc Besson -- you’re hard-pressed to be unaffected.Read Full Review »
67
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
The future-shock details are witty, the sets and skyscapes spectacular. Besson may not be a good director, exactly, but he's a wizard at retrofitting cliches.Read Full Review »
50
USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
But for all the fancy-schmancy effects (budget: $90 million-plus), the vision of a hypercongested metropolis is not much more sophisticated than an episode of "The Jetsons." [9 May 1997]Read Full Review »
50
The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
As a yammering, swishy talk show host, Chris Tucker is flat-out incomprehensible, while Mr. Oldman preens evilly enough to leave tooth marks on the scenery.Read Full Review »
50
ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Besson may have misfired with The Fifth Element, but at least he does it with flair and a sense of humor.Read Full Review »
20
Slate: David Edelstein
It may or may not be the worst movie ever made, but it is one of the most unhinged.Read Full Review »
10
Salon.com: Scott Rosenberg
As you sit through the interminable two-hours-plus that constitute The Fifth Element -- a colossally stupid, overbearingly pompous new movie by Luc Besson -- you can expect to become acquainted with boredom on the most elemental level.Read Full Review »
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