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Matrix, The (1999)

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All Time

of 190,179

844

1990's

of 24,698

124

1999

of 6,784

21
Action
- Action All Time
  
  of 5,902
  
  101
  
  Action of 1999
  
  of 151
  
  1
  
  Action of the 1990's
  
  of 1,477
  
  13
Sci-Fi
- Sci-Fi All Time
  
  of 2,914
  
  50
  
  Sci-Fi of 1999
  
  of 76
  
  2
  
  Sci-Fi of the 1990's
  
  of 663
  
  5

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Matrix, The (1999) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.0423

Avg Critic Score:2.9765

Matrix, The (1999) Movie Reviews

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And the Good News the film brings, is that "The One" is alive, as prophesized in the Bible. Here he is just disguised as a regular person, and he is a hacker. ...read the complete Matrix movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

The film ends with Neo looking like Clark Kent, as he is stepping out of a telephone booth. ...read the complete Matrix movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)

The Matrix does indeed have a plot and sense of "mythos" that grounds it and makes it more than the sum of all of its special effects wizardry....read the complete Matrix, The (1999) review at Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)

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Scott Renshaw

If that description seems a bit coy, it's only because part of the fun in the first half of THE MATRIX is allowing its bizarre cosmology to unfold. On the surface it bears a resemblance to 1998's psychodystopia DARK CITY, but writer/directors Andy and...read the complete Matrix, The (1999) review at Scott Renshaw

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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

The Matrix is a very easy film to like, perhaps easy to like too much, as there are some people who view it as an exalted religious experience, and to them I say, , "Lighten up, guys." Most people can take this for what it is, pulp science ficti...read the complete Matrix, The (1999) review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

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San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)

It's astonishing that so much money, talent, technical expertise and visual imagination can be put in the service of something so stupid....read the complete Matrix, The (1999) review at San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)

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Mr. Cranky

Did the Wachowski brothers really sit down anddecide to spend a hundred million dollars making their dream sci-fi film, then proceed to hire a guy with all the acting range of a...read the complete Matrix, The (1999) review at Mr. Cranky

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