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eXistenZ (1999) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give eXistenZ (1999) a score of 2.7837 out of 4

based on (167) reviews

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Excellent

(20)

Very Good

(113)

Good

(29)

Fair

(5)

Poor

(0)

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San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)

Leigh is perfectly cast as the game-pod goddess....read the complete eXistenZ (1999) review at San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)

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Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)

Audaciously combining conviction and childish humor, this SF thriller reminds us that the distinction between the tangible and the intangible may be frighteningly arbitrary--an idea that's made too scary ever to seem trivial, no matter how silly things...read the complete eXistenZ (1999) review at Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)

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Film Threat (Tom Meek)

Dead-on for Cronenberg fans though the mutant reptile and amphibian factory might be a tad(pole) too much for the squeamish at heart....read the complete eXistenZ (1999) review at Film Threat (Tom Meek)

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Slate (David Edelstein)

The performances are so terrible that it's hard to know whether Cronenberg wants to signal that much of what we're seeing isn't "real" or he has just forgotten how to write for hemoglobular flesh vessels--i.e., human beings....read the complete eXistenZ (1999) review at Slate (David Edelstein)