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how good a time it was
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Read from 51 comments (46 from Metacritic, 5 from TMDB reviews) — 12 of them described how it moves.
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“A very long and a very slow movie.”
RustY420 · Metacritic ↗
“The fighting scenes are good”
RustY420 · Metacritic ↗
“I love the fight scenes”
Banesky · Metacritic ↗
“I especially love the ending”
Banesky · Metacritic ↗
“The movie is a little long”
OneManManyGames · Metacritic ↗
“The atmosphere of the film and the conclusion are excellent”
BM7 · Metacritic ↗
Read 25 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“It's a stunning Roman triumph.”
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer · 100
“It's that very rare feeling that you're settling into a movie whose individual elements are so finely attuned they fuse into a singular construct of pure entertainment.”
Ted Fry, Film.com · 100
“A gloriously entertaining thrill-packer of truly epic proportions.”
Staff (Not Credited), Total Film · 100
“There's a thrilling sense of transcendence that won't let go from the first masterfully constructed frames in Ridley Scott's modern epic of ancient Rome. It's that very rare feeling that you're settling into a movie whose individual elements are so finely attuned they fuse into a singular construct of pure entertainment.”
Ted Fry, The Seattle Times · 100
“What matters for today's hero is the good fight, and Gladiator KOs us with a doozy.”
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly · 91
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 23 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“Gladiator has been my most favorite film of all time. It is an epic masterpiece in many ways and it really explains why despite the numerous viewings, Gladiator still amuses me with its powerful imageries and many other crucial aspects so that it won five Academy Awards. This film is very well written, the well-ensemble casts, the A-class acting (especially Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix), the stunning cinematography and definitely a strong character of Maximus (magnificently portrayed by Rus”
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“They said you were a giant. They said you can crush a man's skull with one hand. Ridley Scott's Gladiator is not a perfect film, I would think that the hardiest of fans, of which I'm firmly one, know this deep down. Yet just like Commodus in the film is keen to point out that he himself has other virtues that are worthy, so does Gladiator the film. Enough in fact to make it an everlasting favourite of genre fans and worthy of the Academy Award acknowledgements it received. In narrative ter”
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“Ridley Scott's Gladiator is a real masterpiece of its genre. With its unique battle scenes, cinematography, acting and directing. It's a real must-watch. Shame on you if you haven't watched this movie!”
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“This has got just about everything from "Spartacus" (1960) to "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964) via a bit of "Quo Vadis" (1951) to it - and Ridley Scott has managed to create a magnificent spectacle of a film. Russell Crowe is the eponymous soldier "Maximus". Commander of the Armies of the Rhine for Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) and his designated successor - until, that is, the emperor's son "Commodus" (Joaquin Phoenix) and his sister "Lucilla" (an efficient Connie Nielse”
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