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Conan the Barbarian (1982) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Conan the Barbarian (1982) a score of 3.1402 out of 4

based on (57) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(34)

Good

(3)

Fair

(1)

Poor

(0)

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Audio Revolution

'Conan the Barbarian' rouses all kinds of contradictory responses and comments. At once irritating and entertaining, it's also sophisticated and childish, imaginative and prosaic, exciting and ponderous, stunning and forgettable. It's hard to resist the...read the complete Conan the Barbarian (1982) review at Audio Revolution

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DVD Monsters and Critics (Andy McKeague)

Firstly, 'Conan The Barbarian' is a great slice of pulp. There is little difference to what was released before, so why go to the length of repackaging and re-releasing this movie in this edition ? What is new is the movie has now a DTS sound option, but...read the complete Conan the Barbarian (1982) review at DVD Monsters and Critics (Andy McKeague)

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Movie Gurus (John Ulmer)

I'm not much of a fan of these corny sword-fighting-barbarian movies, but this one is at least recommendable....read the complete Conan the Barbarian (1982) review at Movie Gurus (John Ulmer)

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New York Times (Vincent Canby)

Conan the Barbarian is an extremely long, frequently incoherent, ineptly staged adventure-fantasy set in a prehistoric past....read the complete Conan the Barbarian (1982) review at New York Times (Vincent Canby)