Equilibrium: Critic Reviews

88%

MovieWeb: 4 reviews

37%

RottenTomatoes: 95 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

25

Matrixian, Orwellian, and boneheadian.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Elvis Mitchell New York Times (Top Critic)

20

A movie that could be stupider only if it were longer.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

Full Review » 9 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

63

A moderately entertaining cautionary tale.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

Just because it's a good idea doesn't mean it's easy to do well.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)

Equilibrium the movie, as opposed to the manifesto, is really, really stupid.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

38

It's a long way from Orwell's dark, intelligent warning cry [1984] to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium, and what once was conviction is now affectation.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Dennis Lim Village Voice (Top Critic)

Unapologetic landslide of steaming balderdash.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Eric Harrison Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

67

Giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun. But the talented cast alone will keep you watching, as will the fight scenes.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Gary Dowell Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

59

What it lacks in originality it makes up for in intelligence and B-grade stylishness.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

It doesn't do a lot of deep thinking, but unlike many futuristic combos of sf and f/x, it does make a statement: Freedom of opinion is a threat to totalitarian systems.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

50

The characters act like robots, and the story unfolds like a computer program.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

This inventive, low-budget science-fiction movie stands on its own, from its bracing, ingenious fight sequences to its literate roots in dystopian fiction.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Dennis Harvey Variety (Top Critic)

An unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jonathan Foreman New York Post (Top Critic)

50

Illiterate, often inert sci-fi action thriller.
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Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

40

Silly stuff, all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who can't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Manohla Dargis Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

40

A science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

60

Violent post-nuclear sci-fi is Orwellian.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed

Full Review » 3 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

50

Who knew that a reunion of Metroland stars Bale and Watson could yield something so downright nutty?
Full Review » 3 years ago
Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review

60

Full Review » 4 years ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

80

An engaging ride, with some quicksilver moves.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Time Out

Full Review » 6 years ago
Film Threat

20

Full Review » 6 years ago