Too Long!

Rating: 5/10 (16 July 2000)

We're not big fans of this genre but we enjoyed the special effects of the war scenes. I remember Spartacus as being better written and acted. But my wife's and my biggest criticism is that Gladiator is just too long. When Gladiator ended, we and others we overheard in the audience were really happy to get up and leave. We went to see Gladiator because it was so highly rated (8.4!) by the participants in this great website (IMDb) and because we wanted to see Meg Ryan's new love, Russell Crowe, in the starring role for which he has won praise for his acting. Because of the length of the movie, we came away wanting less. Save it for a rainy day and video when you have a lot of time to kill. (But you better have a big t.v. screen so you can appreciate the action). We rated Gladiator as a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10.