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Twelve Monkeys (1995)

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All Time

of 190,116

2,015

1990's

of 24,698

363

1995

of 4,818

38
Action
- Action All Time
  
  of 5,893
  
  245
  
  Action of 1995
  
  of 180
  
  6
  
  Action of the 1990's
  
  of 1,477
  
  49
Mystery
- Mystery All Time
  
  of 3,090
  
  160
  
  Mystery of 1995
  
  of 38
  
  8
  
  Mystery of the 1990's
  
  of 306
  
  37
Sci-Fi
- Sci-Fi All Time
  
  of 2,912
  
  150
  
  Sci-Fi of 1995
  
  of 81
  
  3
  
  Sci-Fi of the 1990's
  
  of 663
  
  20
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,007
  
  436
  
  Thriller of 1995
  
  of 187
  
  14
  
  Thriller of the 1990's
  
  of 1,628
  
  102

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Twelve Monkeys (1995) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.8753

Avg Critic Score:2.7786

Twelve Monkeys (1995) Movie Reviews

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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Those looking for a perfect winter double feature might consider matching Twelve Monkeys with Jeunet and Caro's The City of Lost Children. ...read the complete Twelve Monkeys movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Avant-garde director Terry Gilliam, absent from the screen since 1991's The Fisher King, has at last returned. ...read the complete Twelve Monkeys movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Terry Gilliam's ambitious "12 Monkeys" was co-authored by David Peoples, who wrote "Blade Runner," and it has the same view of the near future as a grunge pit - a view it shares with ...read the complete Twelve Monkeys movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

"An antithesis of how The Terminator handled time travel. ...read the complete Twelve Monkeys movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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ToxicUniverse.com (Rachel Gordon)

If this review is a bit disjointed, it is because I wanted to portray its talent to entertain without giving away all the details that make it so impressive. I will say that it�s a film for practically every age, gender, economic background,...read the complete Twelve Monkeys (1995) review at ToxicUniverse.com (Rachel Gordon)

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That Cow (Andrew Bradford)

Twelve Monkeys is a story somewhere between the Time Machine and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Scientists from the future want to get information on the outbreak that wiped out most of the human race in 1996. Bruce Willis is the...read the complete Twelve Monkeys (1995) review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)

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Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

Mystifying, intriguing, even infuriating, it shows what happens when an unconventional talent meets straightforward material....read the complete Twelve Monkeys (1995) review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

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Steve Rhodes

It seems that in 1996 someone, believed to be "the army of the twelve monkeys", unleashed a virus on the world that killed ninetynine percent of the humans on the planet. The few survivors went underground, and the surface thereafter became inhabited...read the complete Twelve Monkeys (1995) review at Steve Rhodes

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