As a historical epic, it boasts an authentic rendering of the period that reflects Scott's attention to visual detail, but overall, its portrayal of the legendary conqueror is lost like a ship at sea. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 15, 2025

A beautifully constructed drag that never seems to become the grand epic it truly wants to be.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 4, 2019

The film doesn't, as it should have done, make any profound attempt to examine the split between good and evil within Christopher Columbus himself.

| Jul 24, 2018

This $50 million spectacle must be one of the least entertaining epic films ever made.

| Feb 8, 2018

Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise is a long, becalmed and hollow hull of a movie about the old order bumping into the New World.

| Jan 4, 2018

| Original Score: D | Sep 7, 2011

Here's a one-word review of 1492: hubris.

| Oct 18, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 3, 2005

An uneven film and overlong, but not without some merit.

| Original Score: C | Jan 18, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 18, 2003

Not quite sure why this one tanked as badly as it did; I thought it was gorgeously realized, myself.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 24, 2003

Over-ambitious but still utterly beautiful

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 11, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2003

Misses the mark by an entire continent.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Apr 1, 2003

This is one Columbus who should have stayed at home. A real loser.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 19, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 16, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 12, 2002

Gorgeous to look at and frequently quite compelling ... but, obviously, not without some big gaping flaws.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 26, 2002

The moments when it approaches greatness only make its shortcomings that much more transparent.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 17, 2002