Very good but overrated.

Rating: 7/10 (11 August 2001)

Gladiator is a very good movie. Russel Crow and Jaquin Pheonix both give quality performances and the movie is exciting and fun. The gladiator scenes in this movie were done well and interesting to watch, even though I have no idea how realistic they are. Still this movie is definatly not best picture quality. The screenplay is good, not great, and the story is really only slightly better than average. This movie has many similarities to another movie I felt was overrated, Braveheart. It's still very good, just not great. I give Gladiator an 8 out of 10.