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Overwhelming dislike
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 8 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure
Written by:
Don MacPherson
Sydney Newman (television series The Avengers)
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 14, 1998
DVD: July 3, 2001
Running Time: 89 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for brief strong language
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Patrick Macnee, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Izzard, and Eileen Atkins
The characters from the cult 1960s television show make it to the big screen.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
A smorgasbord of bad ideas, sumptuously over-realized.
Read Full Review >Variety Godfrey Cheshire
What's missing is chemistry: the right blend of seriousness and whimsy, and charmingly compelling interplay between leads Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman.
Read Full Review >Newsweek David Ansen
This is an elaborate production, but all the jazzy sets and explosions in the world can't disguise the story's complete lack of urgency.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The Avengers is too enervated to qualify as even a full-scale disaster.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
This new film version, sad to say, is a hollow shell of the original series.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
This big-budget bore looks lovely but is so miscalculated that you can't help but wonder whether anyone involved had ever seen the original.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser
The movie is a dismal and misguided special-effects romp featuring two of the deadest performances recorded this year so far.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
The grasping novelty of the visuals doesn't rival the uncharismatic leads or the hopelessly, unironically banal plot.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Tom Meek
There's nothing but a convoluted overcast of story with a monsoon of bad dialogue.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
So how then do you duplicate a magic aura from 30 years ago? You don't.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
It's a film to gall fans of the old television series and perplex anyone else.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Charles Taylor
The film flails incoherently from set to set, trying to be kicky and madcap and pop, but with no sense of the show's casual acceptance of the absurd.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
In this movie, the sense of charm has been obliterated.
Read Full Review >Slate David Edelstein
There's something reassuring about the fact that The Avengers is so rotten: proof yet again that people with piles of money can hire wizard production designers but can't fake class.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
The incomprehensible leads to the inexplicable which ends in the indecipherable.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
It's almost fascinating to witness just how lousy The Avengers really is.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
It's a completely botched effort -- botched in its direction, its writing and editing.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 2.2 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Rousie R. gave it a0:
I'm not such a fan of the original show to say a remake couldn't be made. This attempt, however SHOUDN'T have been made. God awful in every way. Even the leather lost its apeal (pun intended).
Mark S. gave it a1:
The only reason this movie doesn't get a 0 is because Uma Thurman is in it. And she is utterly wasted. What were her and Connery thinking?
Aaron R. gave it a10:
I liked it. It captured the calm essence of the show womderfully. However Uma does not compare to Diana.
Decepticon Pom gave it a 3:
Camp and OTT, potentially fun but for the most part, a badly orchestrated under achiever.
Nik Z. gave it a 4:
Im not out to diss on movies and I dont judge by what critics say. Though I take into account their opinion. The movie wasnt amazingly bad...but for god sakes NO ONE EVER RAISED THEIR VOICES. It was all so calm and easy, even at moments that were expected to be action packed. Not the worst movie though, so take it easy.
Pol M. gave it a 0:
The worst movie ever!!! Nothing more to say.
