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Hero (2004)

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All Time

of 190,116

638

2000's

of 33,985

158

2004

of 10,037

26
Adventure
- Adventure All Time
  
  of 4,415
  
  103
  
  Adventure of 2004
  
  of 88
  
  4
  
  Adventure of the 2000's
  
  of 988
  
  21
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,985
  
  375
  
  Drama of 2004
  
  of 1,565
  
  16
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,635
  
  89

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Hero (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.0871

Avg Critic Score:3.3783

Hero (2004) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

A visual poem of extraordinary beauty. ...read the complete Hero movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

The film never musters the intimate feel the gifted director brought to such early films as "Raise the Red Dragon" and "Ju Dou." You cheer his accomplishment in Hero without ever feeling close to it. ...read the complete Hero movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

If there's a drawback, it's that the plot is trite. Hero is an exemplary example of visual poetry. The narrative is clearly of secondary concern. ...read the complete Hero movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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Time (Richard Corliss)

Hero is the masterpiece. It employs unparalleled visual splendor to show why men must make war to secure the peace and how warriors may find their true destiny as lovers....read the complete Hero (2004) review at Time (Richard Corliss)

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Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)

I wish 'Hero's emotional heat rose more intensely -- more recklessly. There's something grand but distant and almost fetishistic about the operatic solemnity with which Zhang approaches the Rashomonic story of assassins attempting to kill a king....read the complete Hero (2004) review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)

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The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

Hero is easy on the eyes, but it's too segmented to gather much momentum and too art-directed to convey much urgency....read the complete Hero (2004) review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

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