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The Matrix Resurrections

2021

Lana Wachowski

Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Neil Patrick Harris, Jada Pinkett Smith ...

4.9

17,024

Sci-Fi. Action. Drama Follows Neo who is living an ordinary life in San Francisco, where his therapist prescribes him blue pills. However, Morpheus offers him the red pill and reopens his mind to the world of the Matrix.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"If you loved 'The Matrix' and hated the sequels (or simply found them unsatisfying), go see this one. Have a blast (...) After 22 years, doing little more than remaking the original is probably fair play"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A welcome but undeniably extraneous fourth installment (...) Wachowski doesn’t add much to the rich mythology she and sister Lilly have established, but she’s careful not to mess it up either."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A heavy-footed reboot which doesn't offer a compelling reason for its existence, and it doesn't have anything approaching the breathtaking action sequences that made the original film famous (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"Forget about understanding ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ — just enjoy it (...) “Resurrections” is enjoyable in its impenetrability. In every scene there’s some wildly imaginative touch, some odd creation, some strange action that you would never expect to see"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"'The Matrix Resurrections' frustrates as often as it thrills (...) 'Matrix Resurrections' is a great-looking film and Reeves and Moss remind us of what an iconic team they made in the trilogy (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"The worst sequel so far (...) With Wachowski returning to direct, we at least hope for the visual dazzlement and boundless creativity of the fight scenes that made the first two films great. Sorry, guys (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Nick Newman The Film Stage	"'The Matrix Resurrections' is misshapen, haphazard, and some of the happiest a film has made me in 2021, regularly inspiring surprises and enthusiasms the contemporary tentpole long deemed irrelevant"	POS
United States	William Bibbiani The Wrap	"There’s one thing 'The Matrix Resurrections' has that none of the original films can boast, and that’s a genuinely believable relationship between Neo and Trinity (...) The rest of the film’s sci-fi plot seems largely incidental"	NEU
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Entertainment Weekly	"'The Matrix Resurrections' does eclipse its predecessors for full-on, kick-you-in-the-heart romance: Reeves and Moss lean into an adult intimacy, so rare in blockbusters, that's more thrilling than any roof jump"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"Wachowski seems to be at war with her audience, rewarding them with deep-cut callbacks one moment only to roll her eyes at the entire enterprise the next (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"'The Matrix' innovated. 'The Matrix Reloaded' intrigued. 'The Matrix Revolutions' failed. And “The Matrix Resurrections” is, for better and for worse, the remix (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Lana Wachowski has made one that pushes beyond the dopamine hit of cheap nostalgia and dares to dream up a future where mainstream films might inspire us to re-imagine what's possible"	POS
United Kingdom	Alex Godfrey Empire	"[It] suffers from an identity crisis, going from being supremely fun and knowing to weirdly pedestrian. It's a slippery mish-mash— entertaining in big bursts but ultimately a little hollow (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"'The Matrix Resurrections' takes the red pill, but works more like a sleeping pill (...) Complicated in the best of times, simply convoluted, a collection of flashy digits that don't add up to much of anything"	NEG
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"It alternately amuses and frustrates you with its fantastical world (...) [It] gets a great deal of mileage from its - and our - nostalgic yearning"	NEU
United States	Robert Daniels The Playlist	"A fun, albeit messy metatextual sequel that struggles to find its narrative footing (...) But the bones of what makes a great ‘Matrix’ movie: Neo and Trinity — are as strong as ever."	POS
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"The Matrix Resurrections” is a reboot with some striking philosophical flourishes, and grandiose set-pieces (...) but it is also the weakest and most compromised “Matrix” film yet (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Keith Uhlich Slant	"A transcendent journey of renewal and hope (...) the emotional undercurrents are so intoxicating that it more than makes up for the relative inelegance of the action scenes (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Amelia Emberwing IGN	"Maybe we shouldn't have followed the white rabbit (...) It’s a bunch of individually neat ideas stacked in a trench coat like a bunch of kids trying to buy a ticket to an R-rated film"	NEG
United States	Soren Andersen Seattle Times	"Greatest-hits set pieces from 'The Matrix' are re-created but with subtle changes. Wachowski has taken the familiar and modified it in such a way to make it seem new. A brilliant act of transformation (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Angelica Jade Bastien Vulture	"Teetering between a meta-reckoning with the legacy of the first trilogy and a sincere blooming of a whole new story that feels boldly romantic, Lana Wachowski's first feature solo is a thrilling triumph."	POS
United States	Valerie Complex Deadline	"It focuses on telling a heartfelt story that rings as true to reality as possible. This may cause hard-core 'Matrix' lovers to loathe the direction that's been taken, but it's a breath of fresh air for me."	POS
United States	Melanie McFarland Salon	"'The Matrix Resurrections' is a better messenger and cultural analyst than a cinematic spectacle... It may not deliver the original's thrills, but at the least it'll start some conversations."	NEU
United States	Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media	"Promising sequel devolves into mindless action movie (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"[It] re-enacts some of the series’ major moments to nearly depressing effect. The filmmaking isn’t as clear or exciting, not as innovative as it once was (...) It works because of the script’s emotional honesty"	NEU
Canada	Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"Hopeful in its exploration of making choices and the fear of leaving comfort and complacency behind. The action may not be at all what it once was, but the franchise has still got a whole lot of heart (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jack Shepherd Total Film	"This won't be for everyone; 'The Matrix Resurrections' succeeds where other reboots have failed: breaking from the familiar to tell a story both timely and timeless (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"One would like to say the film looks like a 2005 perfume commercial influenced by 'The Matrix', but, in truth, scent ads tend to be a bit more stylish than this. The moment has gone (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Matt Singer Screen Crush	"The nagging sensation of familiarity not only pervades 'The Matrix Resurrections', it gives it purpose. Lana Wachowski has made a movie about our collective cultural hunger to rehash old movies like 'The Matrix'"	POS
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"For its first 45 minutes or so, The Matrix Resurrections plays like Lana Wachowski’s version of Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (...) Where Resurrections really disappoints is in the staging of the action"	NEU
United States	Carly Lane Collider	"An admirable follow-up in that it's less concerned with being the movie any fans might believe they want and instead serves up a sequel that will linger behind in our minds long after the credits roll"	POS
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"'The Matrix Resurrections' takes its big-budget and runs wild with it. And while there are more than a few stumbles here, any modern-day blockbuster that's this unafraid to subvert expectations is worth celebrating"	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"This isn't the 'Matrix' that we met just over twenty years ago, but a modern update that builds on its legacy with surprising and often funny tenderness (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	J Hurtado Screen Anarchy	"Equally confounding and creative, 'The Matrix Resurrections' is maybe not the sequel we wanted, but it may be the sequel we deserve (...) A wild ride, and a worthy addition to a series to which so many feel an immense affinity"	POS
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"Behind the action chaos is a powerful plea for love on a planet that's forgotten how to nurture it. Wachowski [doesn't] deny real-world violence but [defies] it. That gust of hope makes 'The Matrix Resurrections' worth cheering"	POS
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"A welcome reminder that big action films can be well lit, stunningly designed and, yes, colorful too. She invites the audience to have as much fun as she's having revisiting this world that initially defined her career"	POS

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