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Movie Review for Matrix, The
Movie Review for
Matrix, The
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102 Reviews total.
Release date: 3/31/1999
Run length: 136 mins.
Categories:
Action/Adventure
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Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Thriller
Summary:
Neo is a young software engineer and part-time hacker who is singled out by some mysterious figures who want to introduce him into the secret of 'the matrix'. The cops also seem to be after him, and he takes a chance on discovering what he has always suspected: that the world is not quite what it seems to be and a sinister conspiracy is at work.
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
of 3BlackChicks Review (8/0)
I must be in The Matrix because "the brotha" rule was broken!
By
Carlo Cavagna
of AboutFilm.com (8/0)
A reminder of how exhilirating it is when Hollywood hits a home run
By
Brian Webster
of Apollo Guide (8/0)
The Matrix is packed full of cutting-edge special effects and stunts.
By
Phil Villarreal
of Arizona Daily Star (8/0)
As Morpheus says, "The Matrix is everywhere."
By
Marc Savlov
of Austin Chronicle (8/0)
Rarely have so many startlingly original images been thrown into a single storyline.
By
Nev Pierce
of BBC (8/0)
What is The Matrix? It's genius. And yes, we admit, you do have to see it for yourself.
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Emily Blunt
of Blunt Review (8/0)
Go see this and soon.
By
Bryant Frazer
of Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (8/0)
With a better cast and a tighter script, this could have been a knockout.
By
Jonathan Rosenbaum
of Chicago Reader (8/0)
There's not much humor to keep it all life-size, and by the final stretch it's become bloated, me...
By
David Sterritt
of Christian Science Monitor (8/0)
What makes the film weirdly compelling is the sheer audacity of its screenplay.
By
David Keyes
of Cinemaphile.org (8/0)
A movie so visually enthralling, so exciting and so elaborate that it deserves nothing short of u...
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of Combustible Celluloid (8/0)
An inventive science fiction idea that rivals the brilliant thinking behind such movies from last...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (8/0)
The Matrix is propelled by a fascinating-enough concept.
By
Arthur Lazere
of culturevulture.net (8/0)
Yes, it is hokey. But 'The Matrix' keeps its tongue in cheek, is peppered with good looking speci...
By
Steven D. Greydanus
of Decent Films Guide (8/0)
The most influential action movie since Star Wars.
By
John J. Puccio
of DVDTown.com (8/0)
...comes in with all speakers firing, a sci-fi thriller that's short on logic but long on visual ...
By
Matt Lawrence
of E! Online (8/0)
What can I say about The Matrix? It’s probably the best looking movie I’ve ever seen.
By
Eugene Novikov
of Film Blather (8/0)
Something that must be seen to be believed; a visionary achievement in filmmaking that delights t...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Bill Chambers
of Film Freak Central (8/0)
...worth plugging into.
By
David Luty
of Film Journal International (8/0)
A contradiction in terms, a big-budget action/science-fiction epic that’s also riveting, ambitiou...
By
John R. McEwen
of Film Quips Online (8/0)
The imagery in the first hour of The Matrix is astounding.
By
Ron Wells
of Film Threat (8/0)
If you're curious where the next generation of auteurs is coming from, look in the art houses and...
By
Jesse Hassenger
of filmcritic.com (8/0)
A terrifically entertaining and satisfying production.
By
MaryAnn Johanson
of Flick Filosopher (8/0)
I knew 'The Matrix' was something special when I realized, halfway through the film, that I wasn'...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
MaryAnn Johanson
of Flick Filosopher (8/0)
Amazingly deep and cool!
By
Ross Anthony
of Hollywood Report Card (8/0)
Buckle up!
By
Gary Brown
of Houston Community Newspapers (8/0)
The special effects in The Matrix, the futuristic science fiction-thriller, are worth the price o...
By
Steve Rhodes
of Internet Reviews (8/0)
Fasten your seatbelts and put on your thinking caps because the Wachowski brothers are back.
By
Drew McAnulty
of Jam! Movies (7/1)
The Matrix is one dandy piece of eye candy, even if the taste is a little flat.
By
JoBlo
of JoBlo's Movie Emporium (8/0)
...combines special effects, with crazy fights featuring freaky Hong Kong action and unbelievable...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Alex Sandell
of Juicy Cerebellum (8/0)
One of the most visually stunning films of all time, and a welcome reminder as to why sci-fi fans...
By
James Sanford
of Kalamazoo Gazette (8/0)
Like 'Alice in Wonderland,' from which it takes an early cue, 'The Matrix' creates its own logic,...
By
Robert Roten
of Laramie Movie Scope (8/0)
A great-looking action film.
By
Jeannette Catsoulis
of Las Vegas Mercury (8/0)
'The Matrix grabs you by the eyeballs, hypnotizes you into a state of visual ecstasy, and doesn’t...
By
Jeannette Catsoulis
of Las Vegas Mercury (8/0)
'The Matrix grabs you by the eyeballs, hypnotizes you into a state of visual ecstasy, and doesn’t...
By
Jeffrey Overstreet
of Looking Closer (8/0)
A wild ride, and worth the ticket price if only for the first-rate special effects. There’s enoug...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Kenneth Turan
of Los Angeles Times (8/0)
An apocalypse of kinetic joy.
By
Matt Easterbrook
of Matt's Movie Reviews (8/0)
Who would have thought that a Keanu Reeves movie could be intellectually as well as visually sati...
By
Duane Dudek
of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/0)
Not only is the film elaborately plotted, it's ingeniously realized!
By
Kevin N. Laforest
of Montreal Film Journal (8/0)
If there has to be a quintessential film for the end of the millennium, this is it.
By
Marty Mapes
of Movie Habit (8/0)
The Matrix is a great piece of eye candy.
By
Jorge Avila Andrade
of Moviola (6/2)
Ciencia ficción a su más puro y alto nivel. Verdaderamente recomendable
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Michael Dequina
of Mr. Brown's Movies (8/0)
A feat of alchemy, blending modest parts into a stunning whole that really has no business workin...
By
Stuart Klawans
of Nation (8/0)
The Matrix is to overblown silliness as Mount Rushmore is to big stone heads.
By
Widgett Walls
of Needcoffee.com (8/0)
With sequences to make John Woo sit up and go 'Damn,' some nice story twists, and Laurence Fishbu...
By
Nick Davis
of Nick's Flick Picks (8/0)
The least humane, least responsible, least pardonable movie I have ever seen.
By
Jim Chastain
of Norman Transcript (8/0)
I must admit I kind of enjoyed The Matrix and all of its escapist fun.
By
Jim Chastain
of Norman Transcript (8/0)
I must admit I kind of enjoyed The Matrix and all of its escapist fun.
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Jeffrey Westhoff
of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (8/0)
An ambitious, perception-bending metaphor for life at the end of the 20th century. It doesn't alw...
By
Jeffrey Westhoff
of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (8/0)
An ambitious, perception-bending metaphor for life at the end of the 20th century. It doesn't alw...
By
Edward Johnson-Ott
of NUVO Newsweekly (8/0)
Surreal and visually dazzling, The Matrix is one hearty bowl of sci-fi goulash!
By
Edward Johnson-Ott
of NUVO Newsweekly (8/0)
Surreal and visually dazzling, The Matrix is one hearty bowl of sci-fi goulash!
By
Dennis Schwartz
of Ozus' World Movie Reviews (8/0)
The film ends with Neo looking like Clark Kent, as he is stepping out of a telephone booth.
By
Leonard Schwarz
of Palo Alto Weekly (8/0)
The problem with The Matrix is that the enormously talented Wachowski brothers think their playfu...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Jon Popick
of Planet Sick-Boy (8/0)
The story? It’s not bad, but it definitely takes a back seat to the astounding visuals.
By
James Kendrick
of Q Network Film Desk (8/0)
When the storyline finally comes into focus, the movie takes off and never looks back.
By
Bob Bloom
of rec.arts.movies.reviews (8/0)
The Matrix is fun. It's thought-provoking, especially if you are touched with a pinch of paranoia...
By
David N. Butterworth
of rec.arts.movies.reviews (8/0)
A surreal, icky, post-apocalyptic cyberpunk hacker mind-trip of a movie.
By
Mark R. Leeper
of rec.arts.movies.reviews (8/0)
When there was so much potential for an intelligent story here the Wachowski Brothers have opted ...
By
Susan Granger
of rec.arts.movies.reviews (8/0)
Aimed specifically at a young, male audience, this challenging sci-fi adventure is big on visuals...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Tor Thorsen
of Reel.com (8/0)
...a combination of brooding drama and reality-bending spectacle on par with Akira or Ghost in th...
By
Robin Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
A tighter, cleaner story could only have helped The Matrix become one of the greats of its genre....
By
Peter Travers
of Rolling Stone (8/0)
The Matrix soars with its feet in the air -- the rest crash-lands.
By
Bob Graham
of San Francisco Chronicle (8/0)
It's astonishing that so much money, talent, technical expertise and visual imagination can be pu...
By
Wesley Morris
of San Francisco Examiner (8/0)
...every movement in front of the camera looks choreographed, right down to the blinking eyes and...
By
James O'Ehley
of Sci-Fi Movie Page (8/0)
An exercise in sheer and unadulterated coolness.
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Jim Judy
of Screen It! (8/0)
A fun combination of cerebral sci-fi elements and stunningly impressive action sequences!
By
Philip Strick
of Sight and Sound (8/0)
If the Wachowskis claim no originality of message, they are startling innovators of method.
By
David Edelstein
of Slate (4/4)
Keanu Reeves makes a lean, strikingly beautiful tabula rasa hero, twisting out of the way of bull...
By
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
of Spirituality and Practice (8/0)
The Matrix is a super-dupper sci-fi thriller that reveals the human imagination as a saving force...
By
Rob Blackwelder
of SPLICEDWire (8/0)
It's a handsome picture with extremely slick photography, computer-enhanced stunts and neo-goth a...
By
John Venable
of Supercala.com (8/0)
It's incredible.
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Dustin Putman
of TheMovieBoy.com (8/0)
At least the Wachowski's attempted to do something different than what had been seen before, even...
By
Geoff Andrew
of Time Out (8/0)
Another slice of overlong, high concept hokum.
By
Maitland McDonagh
of TV Guide's Movie Guide (8/0)
This dazzling pop allegory is steeped in a dark, pulpy sensibility that transcends nostalgic past...
By
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
of UK Critic (8/0)
Even on the level of gunplay, The Matrix is a wonderful film. The action is intensely involving, ...
By
Urban Cinefile Critics
of Urban Cinefile (8/0)
It is escapist entertainment in the hottest, most illusion-driven, fastest, tumultuous action sty...
By
Janet Maslin
of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
...The Matrix makes particular virtues out of eerily inhuman lighting effects...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (3/5) No reference
The Matrix is a visually dazzling cyberadventure, full of kinetic excitement, but it retreats...
By
Madeleine Williams
of Cinematter (7/1) No reference
Writer-directors Larry and Andy Wachowski have crafted a stunning fusion of a Hong Kong action fi...
By
Luis Martinez
of Cinenganos (3/5) No reference
Una fotografía interesante, un guión inteligente, actuaciones convincentes, una historia trepidan...
By
Ted Prigge
of Deconstructing Edward (3/5) No reference
I must admit, for all its blatant flaws (and man are there some), I left feeling shockingly satis...
By
Steven Rosen
of Denver Post (3/5) No reference
It doesn't do anything interesting with the futuristic vision that it takes forever to explain!
By
Jeff Vice
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (7/1) No reference
...a science-fiction/action film so alternately thrilling and frustrating that it almost defies d...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Gemma Files
of eye WEEKLY (6/2) No reference
And just what is the Matrix? Well, that would be telling. And it would effectively cut out what l...
By
Greg Dean Schmitz
of Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (4/4) No reference
The Matrix does indeed have a plot and sense of "mythos" that grounds it and makes it more than t...
By
Kenneth Turan
of Los Angeles Times (3/5) No reference
An apocalypse of kinetic joy.
By
Chuck Rudolph
of Matinee Magazine (4/4) No reference
The Wachowskis are bold and daring appropriators--there's nothing they can't recycle.
By
Duane Dudek
of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/4) No reference
Not only is the film elaborately plotted, it's ingeniously realized!
By
Nell Minow
of Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (7/1) No reference
Despite electrifying visuals, the most intriguing scene in the movie is Neo's quiet conversation ...
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Michael Elliott
of Movie Parables (3/5) No reference
Imagine if the only world you knew was a lie and truth remained devilishly hidden and shielded fr...
By
James Rocchi
of Netflix (4/4) No reference
Revolutionary sci-fi fable pits kung fu against evil robots.
By
James Rocchi
of Netflix (7/1) No reference
Revolutionary sci-fi fable pits kung fu against evil robots.
By
Shawn Levy
of Oregonian (3/5) No reference
There's a major film in the pipeline that's already widely presumed to be the best science-fictio...
By
Andrew Manning
of Radio Free Entertainment (4/4) No reference
As a bonus, the soundtrack rocks as much as the movie.
By
Peter Travers
of Rolling Stone (3/5) No reference
A futuristic kung-fu fantasy with terrific stunts and a stunted script.
Reviews of Matrix, The
By
Arthur Salm
of San Diego Union-Tribune (4/4) No reference
Wherever they tell their story they tell it too long and too loud.
By
Scott Renshaw
of Scott Renshaw's Screening Room (3/5) No reference
The action sequences in The Matrix are some of the best in a long time.
By
Sean Axmaker
of Seattle Weekly (7/1) No reference
All style and no substance. So what?
By
Richard Schickel
of TIME Magazine (3/5) No reference
Given a budget that encourages their kinesthetic skills, the filmmakers tend to go on a bit, but ...
By
Dragan Antulov
of rec.arts.movies.reviews (4/4) Not Reachable
This film is triumph of style over substance.
By
James Berardinelli
of ReelViews (7/1) Not Reachable
There's no sophomore jinx for the Wachowski Brothers. Andy and Larry, a pair of obviously talente...
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