Godzilla (1998)
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 63
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 47
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Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 6
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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
May 20, 1998 Wide
Dec 26, 2000
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Matthew Broderick
Dr. Niko Tatopoulos -
Jean Reno
Philippe Roache -
Maria Pitillo
Audrey Timmonds -
Hank Azaria
Victor (Animal) Palotti -
Kevin Dunn
Colonel Hicks -
Michael Lerner
Mayor Ebert -
Harry Shearer
Charles Caiman -
Arabella Field
Lucy Palotti -
Vicki Lewis
Dr. Elsie Chapman -
Doug Savant
Sergeant O'Neal -
Malcom Danare
Dr. Mendel Craven -
Lorry Goldman
Gene -
William O'Leary
Military Communications...
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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.
Broderick is like the proverbial deer in headlights . . . .
Violent updated classic could be too intense for young kids.
A great lumbering beast that has no personality, has size but no power.
This is the view from the end of the world -- we look on the smoking ruin of Manhattan and shrug and eat our popcorn.
Godzilla ... is so poorly written and so un-original that it makes Independence Day sound like Shakespeare.
Where's stock footage of Raymond Burr when you need it?
Audience Reviews for Godzilla
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It is action packed and enjoyable movie to watch on a rainiy day but thats about it!
Super Reviewer
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- Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: That's a lot of fish.
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- Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: I've always wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.
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- Audrey Timmonds: Who was that French guy, anyway?
- Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: Oh, just some insurance guy.
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- Mayor Ebert: Wait a minuite. Then how can he be pregnant? What is this, The Virgin Lizard?
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- 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?
- Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: Not if he reproduces asexually.
- Audrey Timmonds: Where's the fun in that?
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- Military Communications Guy (uncredited): I can't believe it! He did all of this and we did nothing to him!
- Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: Oh, that's not true. We fed him!
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