Around the World in 80 Days Reviews
TIME Magazine
Top CriticThe wonder is that this Polyphemus of productions does not simply collapse of its own overweight; but, thanks principally to Showman Todd, the picture skips along with an amazing lightness.
Film4
Thanks to its grand scale and great central performances by Niven and Cantinflas, the original fantastic voyage still holds up very respectably.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
With a smash lineup of stars in major and minor parts, Todd has turned out a surefire hit.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Everything about this big, beautiful movie smacks of authenticity, excitement, and massive showmanship.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Cinema Sight
An amusing trip around the world in a style befitting Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days lives up to its hype as a massive, glossy epic.
| Original Score: 3/4
Video-Reviewmaster.com
The most magnificent travelogue disguised as adventure spectacle ever made. Or is it the other way around?
| Original Score: 5/5
EmanuelLevy.Com
This globe-trotting adventure was not the first to use Todd-AO, but it put the new technology to better effect, taking audiences to exotic places, where they could spot Hollywood stars like Sinatra, MacLaine, and Dietrich, in cameo roles.
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| Original Score: C+
Is the whole thing too exhausting? It's a question of how much you can take. We not only took it but found it most amusing.
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| Original Score: 4/5
tonymedley.com
Lighthearted, pretty, and entertaining
| Original Score: 4/5
eFilmCritic.com
Big, loud, flashy fun. But "Best Picture"? I don't think so.
| Original Score: 3/5
eFilmCritic.com
80 Days is pure fluff, but it's so delightful in its fluffiness that the lack of any real depth doesn't matter.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Empire Magazine
Entertaining Sunday afternoon stuff.
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| Original Score: 3/5
The movie has not aged well. To its credit, it is benign and charming, with an intoxicating musical score, compelling cinematography and a continually advancing locale.
Filmcritic.com
The cast of thousands and absurb scenarios overcomes the overlong oddities in the movie.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Movie Metropolis
Around the World in Eighty Days may have its faults and lost some of its original allure, but it remains a sure-bet even today.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Bloated, overblown, all-star extravaganza. Very much of its time.
| Original Score: 3/5
