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Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Mick LaSalle - SF Chronicle
starstarstarstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
starstarstarstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstarstarstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstarstarstar Jonathan Foreman - NY Post
starstarstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstarstar Bret Polish - @N-Zone
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstar Gene Seymour - Newsday
starstarstar Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
starstarstar Sean Means - Film.com
starstarstar Elvis Mitchell - NY Times
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

“[Director Ridley] Scott never ceases giving us interesting things to look at . . . . This may be the first Roman epic ever where the audience is made to understand the sensory impact of just entering the arena”

- Mick LaSalle

“The film looks muddy, fuzzy and indistinct . . . The story line is Rocky on downers”

- Roger Ebert

Gladiator
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Betrayed by the new Roman emperor (Joaquin Phoenix), a loyal military leader (Russell Crowe) is enslaved and forced to be a gladiator. Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou, Connie Nielsen, Tomas Arana, Spencer Treat Clark, David Hemmings, Derek Jacobi, Chris Kell, Ralph Moeller, Oliver Reed. Director: Ridley Scott (2000, R)
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