There are moments where, if asked, I may tell you that I think 1963’s Jason and the Argonauts is the greatest motion picture ever made.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 4, 2023

Remains great entertainment for kids. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 2, 2022

Though a worthy addition to the series of fantasy films adorned with Harryhausen's animation, the characters and creatures don't make the list of his most iconic concoctions.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 24, 2020

But what puts it over the top is a strange sense of melancholy pervading the machismo heroics.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Apr 12, 2020

Jason and the Argonauts exists now mostly as a fine piece of nostalgia. Viewed clearly, it's a poorly-made collection of fantastical tropes. Through rose-colored glasses, though, it's a vibrant, colorful masterpiece of cheese.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2018

Great old-fashioned fun, spiced with imaginative Ray Harryhausen's special effects.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 7, 2016

Special-effects buffs generally cite this 1963 effort by Ray Harryhausen as the master's masterpiece, and his work does a great deal to enliven the tired plot and vacuous stars.

| Dec 5, 2014

"Jason and the Argonauts" features some of Harryhausen's most memorable stop-motion creations, including the giant bronze statue Talos and a creepy army of swordfighting skeletons.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 7, 2014

Made while Hollywood was plundering Roman history at vast expense, this British picture went further back in time and created a niche of its own.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2013

The Gone With The Wind of stop-frame animation.

| Nov 18, 2013

All the fights are stunningly put together and still deliver in action terms. This may be an old story but it feels very much alive.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2013

A great adventure movie... presents spectacle in the most wide-eyed, awe-inspired register.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 20, 2013

One of Ray Harryhausen's finest moments, the remarkable special effects are still pretty impressive even in today's CG-shaped world.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 27, 2012

What a blast!

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 27, 2012

For sheer old-fashioned, childhood rekindling adventure you really can't go past it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 27, 2012

A stop-motion animation masterwork.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 2, 2011

The sheer outlandish nature of the production sets it apart from many of the mythology-inspired films of its era.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 30, 2010

For true Ray Harryhausen fans, Jason and the Argonauts will remain one of his greatest feats. And if you bring yourself back to the era, you'll find a world of wonder yourself.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 16, 2010

(A) fantasia of the classic Greek myth with a brawny odyssey through lands of magic, all at the behest of the gods using humans as pieces in their competitive games and wagers.

| Aug 11, 2010

In a cinema landscape populated with all kinds of digitally created creatures and setpieces, it's nice to take a look back and witness the birth of these ideas.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 2, 2010