Ben-Hur: Critic Reviews

100%

MovieWeb: 2 reviews

91%

RottenTomatoes: 33 reviews

« previous
1
2
next »
«
»

Bosley Crowther New York Times (Top Critic)

100

Mr. Wyler and his money-free producers have smartly and effectively laid stress on the powerful and meaningful personal conflicts that are strong in this old heroic tale.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Entire new frontiers in boredom were opened up by this MGM whopper from 1959.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Ronald Holloway Variety (Top Critic)

A majestic achievement, representing a superb blending of the motion picture arts by master craftsmen.
Full Review » 11 years ago
TIME Magazine (Top Critic)

The biggest and the best of Hollywood's super-spectacles.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

42

Mostly tedious Sunday school tale.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Daniel Etherington Film4

It's very much of its time, overblown and overlong -- but Ben-Hur is rightfully lodged at the forefront of Hollywood history.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Wesley Lovell Oscar Guy

75

The kind of sweeping pseudo-biblical epic that Hollywood was famous for. If not for Heston's weak performance and Boyd's ludicrous one, the film might have been better.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

75

In the lead, Heston is stiff, and the writing is uneven, but overall, it's a rousing epic done on a massive scale with hundreds of sets and extras, and a priceless race scene.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily Star

100

The film moves with an assurance and majesty hardly seen in modern movies.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Time Out

The movie could be trying to say that for some people religion is an escape from their sexuality, but it seems unlikely.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Forrest Hartman Reno Gazette-Journal

92

A movie that has come to define Biblical epic.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
James Plath DVDTown.com

100

An absolute classic Hollywood epic!
Full Review » 7 years ago
Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan

100

Awesome spectacle, unforgettable story, Heston's best
Full Review » 8 years ago
Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films Guide

92

The grandest of Hollywood's classic biblical epics… doesn't transcend its genre, with its spectacle and melodrama, but it does these things about as well as possible.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

90

Predictable but magnificent and satisfying.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

60

Full Review » 9 years ago
Michael Szymanski Zap2it.com

88

One of the most exciting action epics ever made, blustery "Ben-Hur" is filled with over-the-top performances, but memorable scenes.
Full Review » 9 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

60

Widescreen biblical epic is bloated with spectacle and thin on plot.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

100

A definicao classica do epico.
Full Review » 10 years ago
John A. Nesbit ToxicUniverse.com

80

Charlton Heston plays Charlton Heston, but his charismatic macho woodeness carries the film like no other actor of his day.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

Shows how difficult forgiveness is once the heart has hardened in hate.
Full Review » 10 years ago