The Mask Of Zorro 1998

Critics score:
83 / 100

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Janet Maslin, New York Times: With a wealth of charismatic Zorros (two), a smashing heroine and a dauntless love of adventure, this is hot-weather escapism so earnestly retrograde that it seems new. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A lively, old-fashioned adventure yarn with just a twist of modern attitude, it's the kind of pleasant entertainment that allows the paying customers to have as much fun as the people on screen. Read more

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David Denby, New York Magazine/Vulture: Banderas, with his flashing eyes, makes a good mock-Hidalgo, but the movie would be a lot more amusing if it weren't such kid stuff. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Offers just what one might reasonably expect from a Zorro movie: a great deal of excitement and adventure, all brought to the screen by using a somewhat irreverent tone that keeps the mood light without trivializing the characters. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Mask of Zorro has something you don't often see in modern action pictures: a sense of honor. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: One of the most glorious and rousing adventure movies Hollywood has ever produced. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The story is not important. The clash of swords, the leaps, the tumbles -- it's all very nice. But after 136 minutes, it becomes a bit much. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: The Mask of Zorro stands as a pointed riposte to those who say they don't make 'em like that anymore. Read more