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06/13/04
Stargate (1994)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:17
Rotten:20
Average Rating:5.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (James Spader) uncovers an ancient... [More]
Starring: James Spader, Kurt Russell, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors
Director: Roland Emmerich
Reviews for Stargate
Stargate will satisfy those who are single-mindedly focused on the fabulous premise of instant travel through space, and time. But it could have, and should have, been done much better than this.
01/01/00
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01/05/05
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01/01/00
The movie Ed Wood, about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for Stargate.
01/01/00
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08/04/03
Think Star Wars meets Ben-Hur.
01/01/00
...an encouraging premise, good special effects, excellent sound, and one of the dumbest payoffs in big-budget film history.
04/07/01
The main problem with Stargate is not with set-up, but with execution. After a while you feel like you're just watching weird people staggering around a desert.
03/18/03
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08/10/05
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03/08/04
A load of gibberish.
02/08/03
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08/10/04
The thinness and bizarre randomness of the story is equalled by some unimpressive special effects
02/05/03
The thinness and bizarre randomness of the story is equalled by some unimpressive special effects.
01/01/00
What starts out as not the same-old, same-old sci-fi quickly degenerates into the same-old, same-old action-movie gunplay, and all the potentially interesting ideas the film introduces end up virtually unexplored.
05/12/01
Note to director: sand, in and of itself, really isn't all that interesting.
12/30/02
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01/24/04
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06/30/06
Roland Emmerich's reign of terror begins ...
02/12/03
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