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The Avengers (1998)

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Reviews Counted:40

Fresh:6

Rotten:34

Average Rating:3.1/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: In the AVENGERS feature film, the characters of the cult 1960s television show are back at it again. The suave John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and the sultry Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) team up to thwart... In the AVENGERS feature film, the characters of the cult 1960s television show are back at it again. The suave John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and the sultry Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) team up to thwart the nefarious plans of Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery), who is out to control the world's weather. Watch for Patrick Macnee, who played the original Steed in the TV series, as Invisible Jones. [More]

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent, Tom Poon

Director: Jeremiah Chechik

Director: Jeremiah Chechik
Screenwriter: Don MacPherson
Producer: Jerry Weintraub
Composer: Joel McNeely

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Dec 29, 1998

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03/31/08
David Ansen
David Ansen
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Thoroughly and consistently awful.

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07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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The trouble is, the film's decadence isn't a put-on, it is, simply, depressingly, degeneratively, decadent.

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Running a scant 90 minutes, it often feels as if a couple reels ended up on the cutting-room floor. Connery is absolutely delightful, though.

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03/04/06
Chuck O'Leary
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12/06/05
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Having finally been forced to watch the big screen version of the classic '60s British TV series, I have to confess that I thought it was a lot of well-intended fun.

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11/09/05
Ken Hanke
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Robin Clifford
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04/02/05
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Biting down on the cyanide capsule my editors had provided me, I was bitterly disappointed to find it was a dud. Sweet death, how I have longed for you!

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07/05/04
Martin Scribbs
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06/09/04
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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Instead of the ultra-sophisticated John Steed and Emma Peel, we get Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman, who come across more like contestants in a "cutest couple" contest.

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07/25/03
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

To say Fiennes and Thurman don't have the chemistry of Macnee and Rigg isn't enough. They don't have the chemistry of Don Adams and Barbara Feldon. They don't have the chemistry of Boris and Natasha.

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06/18/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
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01/10/03
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12/08/02
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It will suck life force from you.

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10/21/02
John Venable
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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

the film plays like some sort of feverish hallucination with no real logic or continuity. ... your only chance this week to see Uma Thurman attacked by a giant teddy bear.

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06/21/02
James Sanford
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