It could have been a mess, and there are patches where Robbins's inspiration wears a little thin; yet, all in all, his ambitious tolerance pays off...

| Feb 1, 2021

The let's-put-on-a-show energy can be intoxicating. But man, does it take a long time to achieve that high.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 7, 2018

It is impossible to take the show seriously, as put together in Mr. Robbins's cliche-jammed version...

| Nov 30, 2017

Art and politics and ideals; mature.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 22, 2010

Robbins eschews leftist diatribes for a bold cartoon version of history. It's as crowded and energetic as a big parade.

| Mar 31, 2008

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 19, 2002

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Robbins has made the classic mistake of thinking that art that's persecuted for its political ideals must be good art.

| Jan 1, 2000

Robbins is so convinced of his movie's political correctness that he couldn't see its lack of dramatic cohesion or luster.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Knows how to get audiences clapping along.

| Original Score: B | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Rock actually rocks out as one of the year's most purely entertaining movies.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Remarkably complex, funny and thought-provoking.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

As a mixture of drama, humor and history, a mlange of seriousness and slapstick, real people and imagined characters, it definitely stands out.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

A confused, unrefined agitprop movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Willfully superficial.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

There is a lot of material to cover here, and Robbins covers it in a way that will be fascinating to people who know the period -- to whom names like Welles, Rockefeller, Hearst and Rivera mean something.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000