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Gladiator

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Gladiator

2000

Ridley Scott

Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed ...

7.9

188,199

Action. Adventure. Drama Maximus (Crowe) is a brave and loyal military general to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Harris). His loyalty does not go unnoticed as the Emperor makes preparations for Maximus to succeed him after his death. But when the Emperor's son, Commodus (Phoenix) finds out, he kills his father and orders the death of Maximus. While he escapes, his wife and son are brutally murdered. He then ends up a slave in North Africa and is sold to become a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Glorious, a colossus of rousing action and ferocious fun"	POS
United States	Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune	"A terrific yarn with strong, rounded characters, agonizing suspense and visceral thrills"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis LA Weekly	"Gladiator is filled with brilliant filmmaking and features outstanding performances, but it's neither profound enough nor pop enough to be great -- it's mournful, serious, beautiful and, finally, pointless"	NEU
United States	Andrew Sarris The New York Observer	"An honorable and inoffensive spectacle with nothing extraordinary to recommend it"	NEU
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"The most visually spectacular of all Roman Empire epics"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The film looks muddy, fuzzy and indistinct (...) 'Gladiator' lacks joy. It employs depression as a substitute for personality (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"Grandiose and silly (...) It's like a handsomely designed weapon: you can't take your eyes off it even though you may be repelled by its purpose."	NEU
United States	The Hollywood Reporter	"An impressive accomplishment (...) Russell Crowe solidly anchors this epic-scale gladiator movie"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"A magnificent epic (...) This is hardly subtle, but its impact is absolute, its performances loud and clear and its ambition all up there on screen (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Marc Lee Telegraph	"It is monumental movie-making: visually thrilling, technically astonishing, and emotionally engaging (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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