The Lost City
User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 48
  3. Negative: 5 out of 48

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  1. OlegM.
    May 30, 2006
    2
    This movie is beyond ridiculous even if you don't pay attention to the political propaganda. Andy Garcia proves that a chinless man cannot be trusted with a determined action, but have his eyes watering at every opportunity. Who financed this joke?
  2. JimG.
    Jun 25, 2006
    4
    Smarmy fat-cat pitty party. Who cares about these characters?
    [***SPOILERS***] Wealthy playboy has his club taken away. Then, rather than staying to fight for a principle (he doesn't have one as far as we can tell other than be rich and party) goes to New York to rebulid. Just more propaganda (note tall he political rants that accompany this flick). Would have had at least a scinti    llla of respect for him if he had stayed and fighted to keep Cuba free for the capitalists like his rotund, cigar-chomping tio for whom we should supposedly feel sorry. Andy Garcia is looking pudgy and seeing his manicured fingernails (after he presumably has been washing dishes for weeks) says a lot.… Expand
  3. DaveF.
    May 16, 2006
    3
    Andy Garcia's homage to the good ol' days of Batista and US imperialism has about as much political depth as Sean Hannity and about as much character development as a Mentos commercial. Some fine acting by Garcia and excellent music (much of it by Garcia as well), but I'm left wondering if anyone in Cuba had any material reason to want a revolution in the first place.
  4. MarkS.
    Jul 4, 2006
    3
    Descended into self-parody. Interesting idea, some nice music, and scattered effective scenes, but the execution often left one squirming. Reminiscent of high school drama or (at some points) a beer commercial. The romance was as hot as an animal cracker. Clunky political dialogue on all sides. Bill Murray looked like he walked onto the wrong set. And where was the editor?
  5. ChrisW.
    Aug 19, 2006
    2
    Snoozefeast-a-palooza! There's so much talent on the screen and none of it comes through. A boring story that has way too many distractions. I never thought that I would be disapointed seeing Andy Garcia, Bill Murray, and Dustin Hoffman in the same movie and in the same scene! I guess there's a lesson to be learned from this movie... what it is... I have no idea.

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Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    60
    A handsome production but one that struggles to integrate its various elements -- cabaret-society glamour, intellectual fervor, family drama, impossible romance and droll humor.
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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    50
    A handsomely produced, deeply passionate, but seriously flawed historical epic whose reach far exceeds its grasp. Somewhere inside this overlong, sometimes engaging, often tedious affair, there may be a solid, 100-minute movie.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    30
    Garcia's tale bemoans the loss of easy wealth for a precious few. Poor people are absolutely absent; Garcia and Infante seem to have thought that peasant revolutions happen for no particular reason--or at least no reason the moneyed 1 percent should have to worry about.
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