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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeThe Observer (UK)Wendy IdeIt’s directed with verve and acted with gusto.
- 67The Film StageC.J. PrinceThe Film StageC.J. PrinceFor a good stretch of time, though, The Count of Monte Cristo is a prime example of popcorn fun, even if its filmmakers might have not intended for it to be laughed at as much as I did. But whether it’s for the right or wrong reasons, a good time is still a good time.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Count of Monte Cristo is the kind of movie where, after 180 minutes and many, many more plot points, you walk out of the theater without having felt the time pass. That’s a good thing if you’re looking for a fairly entertaining, swords-and-puffy-shirts revenge tale — and Dumas’ novel is probably the mother of all revenge tales.
- 60The GuardianPhil HoadThe GuardianPhil HoadThe pay-off is a fast-moving, good-looking gallop of Mission: Impossible-style mask play, languorous conniving in courtyards and occasional outbreaks of derring-do that chews up three hours without pausing for quail sandwiches.