A hell of a thrilling spectacle, with battle scenes that seem to contain the entire world population.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 29, 2022

...the performances might be its most compelling element.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 28, 2022

A magnificent picture that packs a rarely equaled emotional wallop with its impassioned camaraderie and paralyzing conclusion.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Aug 27, 2020

The movie is full of wonderful character players who have fun with Trumbo's ripe dialogue.

| Feb 18, 2020

The result, to all intents and purposes, is pre-ordained.

| Feb 10, 2020

Laurence Olivier memorably portrays a subtle, ruthless aristocrat who vows to destroy the gladiatorial army.

| Oct 31, 2019

This chapter of the history of Rome stands out for its recreation of the lives of gladiators and its beautiful images that culminate in the confrontation of the Roman legions in the open field. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 20, 2019

Like a fast back with plenty of power, Kubrick twists and plunges. But he goes down on the twenty-yard line under the sheer weight of the opposition.

| Feb 10, 2019

It is an indictment of ancient Rome, but in such a strictly modern idiom that one can't help feeling something has slipped up between the years.

| Jul 18, 2018

An epic that engages the intellect as well as the eyes and the emotions.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 17, 2015

...a passable historical epic that has little in common with the rest of Kubrick's output...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 18, 2014

There have been other versions of the Spartacus story, including a silent epic and a more recent 온라인카지노추천 series, but Kubrick's film can't be beaten.

Full Review | Oct 23, 2014

Kirk Douglas, while a little old in the role, makes a fine action hero, and Stanley Kubrick's still-accessible directing made the movie click.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 30, 2012

| Original Score: A- | Sep 7, 2011

Thrilling epic is too intense for the youngest.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 28, 2010

While it suffers from some of the flaws of epics of this era-such as an overly sanitized portrait of life at the time, and anachronistic visions of fashion and lifestyle-Spartacus also boasts some stirring action and intelligent dialogue

| Original Score: 72/100 | Aug 1, 2010

Douglas is terrific as the iron-jawed slave fuelled by righteous fury.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2009

The great-granddaddy of Ridley Scott's Gladiator hasn't lost any muscle tone after nearly half a century, and Kirk Douglas's direct, unpretentious performance as the great slave-rebel Spartacus is more engaging than ever.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 12, 2009

One of the greatest Hollywood epics.

| Jun 12, 2009

It is in the observation of human detail, and in many memorable little scenes that the film scores most heavily over other epics, and in which it finds an inner strength.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 12, 2009