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58 out of 100

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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 147 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 32
  3. Negative: 3 out of 32
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    100
    Don't leave before the final frame -- if you're still breathing.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    60
    It is, like most, an unnecessary remake, but the new, digitally boosted Dawn of the Dead brings it on with a 10-minute overture that might be the most upsetting tin-can apocalypse modern movies have ever seen.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    38
    Despite a big budget, lots of technical flair and a good cast headed by Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames, it's mostly a bloody mess.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 78 out of 96
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 96
  3. Negative: 9 out of 96
  1. King
    9
    About as good as the original.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. grandpajoe6191
    5
    I never watched the original, but what I would recommend for "Dawn of the Dead" is to make a survival horror game rather than a movie. The ideas are fresh and tense, but its displayed using the wrong techniques.… Expand
    • 3 of 4 users said yes
  3. Edc.
    1
    if you have ever seen any zombie horror film before then you needent see this one. all the cliche'd characters, one dimensional personalities and terrible cringeworthy one-liners as per usual. however unlike other fliks, there was none of the suspense and not enough jumpy moments to save the film. aside from some smirk raising black humour, this really was a very very poor film. waste of time… Expand
    • 2 of 3 users said yes

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