The Matrix Reviews
EmanuelLevy.Com
Inspired by different sources (including Japanese anime), The Matrix is a new kind of movie, a visionary mixture of technology, philosophy and thrilling action.
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| Original Score: B+
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
It's that balance between blockbuster-style action sequences and in-depth philosophical undertones that I've always admired about The Matrix.
Common Sense Media
Intense, but many teens will be able to handle it.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Antagony & Ecstasy
Exemplifies the idea that a sufficiently cool outcome justifies all of the tortured narrative it takes to get there.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Cinema Crazed
Other than some caveats, this is an innovative and original science fiction entry...
Movie Metropolis
The original Matrix stands perfectly well on its own, despite the fact that the filmmakers went on with second and third episodes.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Sacramento News & Review
Dimension-hopping has never been so exhilarating and breathlessly lyrical as brilliant visuals and bracing Hong Kong action stunts punch through lengthy streams of technobabble.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Cinefantastique
The surprise sleeper success of 1999, this ingenious science fiction thriller easily surpassed The Phantom Menace.
eFilmCritic.com
The paranoid details of the premise are thoroughly worked out; the characters and motives, much less so.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Dark Horizons
The Matrix is fun, and while it may confuse you first time around, a second viewing is really required to get the full 'entertainment' value out of it.
Big Picture Big Sound
There is no denying that fact that the Wachowski Brothers have amazing imagination and vision. They direct the film with non-stop style and imbue each scene with enough eye-candy to make you stop noticing the gaping plot holes and lapses in logic.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Top CriticA must-see among genre fans, especially guys in their teens and 20s, for whom the script's pretentious mumbo-jumbo of undergraduate mythology, religious mysticism and technobabble could even be a plus rather than a dramatic liability.
Combustible Celluloid
An inventive science fiction idea that rivals the brilliant thinking behind such movies from last year as Dark City and The Truman Show.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Film Threat
If you're curious where the next generation of auteurs is coming from, look in the art houses and look in The Matrix.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Arizona Daily Star
As Morpheus says, "The Matrix is everywhere."
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| Original Score: 4/4
Reeling Reviews
A tighter, cleaner story could only have helped The Matrix become one of the greats of its genre. I still like it a bunch.
Las Vegas Mercury
'The Matrix grabs you by the eyeballs, hypnotizes you into a state of visual ecstasy, and doesn't much care if your brain is following or not.'
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Looking Closer
A wild ride, and worth the ticket price if only for the first-rate special effects. There's enough visionary work here to hold your attention for all 130 minutes.
| Original Score: B
Irish Times
