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Conan the Barbarian

1982

John Milius

Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Max von Sydow ...

6.6

67,470

Adventure. Action. Fantasy Thulsa Doom, evil ruler of the snake cult of Set, raids a Cimmerian village, decimating most of the populace and selling the rest into slavery, including young Conan. Conan grows up as powerfully-built man and is trained as a fighter, before being granted his freedom. Joined by the thief Valeria, who becomes his lover, and the archer Subotai, Conan conducts an outrageous robbery of one of the cult’s temples in Shadizar. This brings them ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"An extremely long, frequently incoherent, ineptly staged adventure-fantasy set in a prehistoric past. One has the impression that it cost a lot of money, though not all of it is on the screen"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie's casting is ideal (...) The movie is a triumph of production design, set decoration, special effects and makeup (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Variety	"[Schwarzenegger] has a minimum of dialog and fails to convey much about the character through his actions (...) [The script] is nothing more than a series of meaningless adventures and ambiguous references"	NEG
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The reasons for this film's effectiveness are not difficult to understand. It treats its characters and subject matter seriously without becoming lugubrious (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"'Conan the Barbarian' is a really dumb movie, but a really fun movie, too. It's cheesy, overbearing and rather sleazy, but also action-packed and rather rousing"	POS
United States	Zack Handlen AV Club	"On the whole, 'Barbarian' is strong enough that it can survive a less-than-compelling hero."	NEU

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