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The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element (Le Cinquième Élément)

1997

Luc Besson

Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Luke Perry ...

6.6

96,233

Sci-Fi. Action With a deadly race of aliens ready to destroy Earth, a second race, allied with the humans, send a young girl, Leeloo (Jovovich), who is the fifth element, or supreme being. Her goal is to retrieve four stones and activate them in a temple in Egypt to save Earth from destruction. Unfortunately things don't go smoothly and she requires the help of a number of humans, namely a priest (Holm) and a cab driver / ex-military expert, Korben ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"It offers such extraordinary visions that you put your criticisms on hold and are simply grateful to see them (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"At its best, Besson’s film has the lunatic poetry of a really fun dream."	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"A spectacular triumph of style over substance (...) Besson honestly seems to believe the movie's message"	POS
United Kingdom	Adam Smith Empire	"It's a case of conceptual overload (...) But with a movie that looks this good, when the plot does go off a little kilter just relax and take in the view (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'The Fifth Element'' does look genuinely novel at times, thanks to the pulp exuberance of its electric colors and bold, jokey production design."	POS
United States	Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"The four main elements of this Gaumont production - noise, costumes, production design, special effects- are not invigorated by a necessary and woefully missing fifth element, namely a coherent and appealing story"	NEU
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"The cast is a delight, but it's Willis who is the film's true 'fifth element,' giving it life, depth and humanity."	POS

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