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Godzilla (1998)

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40

Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 6

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Average Rating: 2.6/5
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Dedicated to Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910-1997), who produced the 1954 original and sequels, the Devlin/Emmerich interpretation displays a redesign of Godzilla, now a large lizard mutated after fallout from French nuclear tests. A blinding flash of white light fills the Eastern sky. Thousands of miles away, the Pacific Ocean churns, engulfing a freighter. On another part of the globe, giant footsteps plow a path through miles of Panamanian forests, Tahitian villages, and Jamaican beaches. In the

Dec 26, 2000

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (91) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (47) | DVD (30)

It's just another humdrum monster movie with Godzilla stapled on the marketing for the name recognition.

March 14, 2013 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

Broderick is like the proverbial deer in headlights . . . .

February 11, 2012 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

Violent updated classic could be too intense for young kids.

December 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comments (2)
Common Sense Media

A great lumbering beast that has no personality, has size but no power.

February 14, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comments (2)
eFilmCritic.com

This is the view from the end of the world -- we look on the smoking ruin of Manhattan and shrug and eat our popcorn.

January 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Comments (2)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Godzilla ... is so poorly written and so un-original that it makes Independence Day sound like Shakespeare.

December 6, 2004 | Comments (14)
Looking Closer

Where's stock footage of Raymond Burr when you need it?

July 19, 2004 | Comment (1)

Audience Reviews for Godzilla

Shlock artiste Emmerich regurgitates his "blockbuster" formula and directs a bigger, leaner, CGI generated, fire breathing lizard from traditional home stomping ground Japan to New York City where we discover ... but that would be telling. Jean Reno is the most fun as the Frenchman in the Big Apple.
July 7, 2007
UniversalDreamer

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Godzilla is an average horror, action movie and although i found it very entertaining just as a light hearted not to serious movie, it is just an average movie and nothing special about it.
It is action packed and enjoyable movie to watch on a rainiy day but thats about it!
September 4, 2007
FiLmCrAzY
Film Crazy

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    1. Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: That's a lot of fish.
    – Submitted by Joe N (20 days ago)
    1. Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: I've always wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.
    – Submitted by Matthew D (6 months ago)
    1. Audrey Timmonds: Who was that French guy, anyway?
    2. Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: Oh, just some insurance guy.
    – Submitted by Matthew D (6 months ago)
    1. Mayor Ebert: Wait a minuite. Then how can he be pregnant? What is this, The Virgin Lizard?
    – Submitted by Matthew D (6 months ago)
    1. Audrey Timmonds: Oh, wait. I don't get it. If he's the first of his kind,how can he be pregnant? Doesn't he need a mate?
    2. Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: Not if he reproduces asexually.
    3. Audrey Timmonds: Where's the fun in that?
    – Submitted by Frances H (7 months ago)
    1. Military Communications Guy (uncredited): I can't believe it! He did all of this and we did nothing to him!
    2. Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: Oh, that's not true. We fed him!
    – Submitted by Frances H (7 months ago)

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