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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Shawn Levy - Portland Oregonian
starstarstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Rod Dreher - NY Post
starstarstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstar Jack Mathews - NY Daily News
starstarstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstarstar Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
starstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
starstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstar John Anderson - Newsday

“Slams you back in your chair, pops open your eyes and leaves your jaw hanging slack in amazement”

- Shawn Levy

“The rhythms of  The Matrix are positively languorous; where there isn’t hard-core action, shots shift like water lapping against a disinterested shore”

- John Anderson

The Matrix
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Hacker Keanu Reeves is appointed by supermind Laurence Fishburne to save the world from an evil cyber-intelligence. Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Hugo Weaving, Belinda McClory, Julian Arahanga, Marcus Chong. Directors: Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski (1999, R)
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