| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B+ |
|
| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"A really good movie that really doesn't work, but is worth seeing anyway." more... |
B |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"It is as tidy and assured as Howard Hughes hoped life might be, and to the same effect." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"This is one of the year's best films." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...sumptuously exciting, glowing with expertise, seething with life, gorgeously designed and thrillingly articulated." more... |
A |
| E! Online |
"...DiCaprio is inspiring..." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Christopher Null |
"...yo-yos between scenes of edge-of-your-seat action (namely anything involving airplanes) and moments where nothing much happens." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...while firing on all cylinders, there's something oddly distancing about the picture that ultimately prevents the viewer from being taken along on its emotionally turbulent journey." more... |
C+ |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"More fun than insightful." more... |
B |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...visually sumptuous if disappointingly hollow..." more... |
C+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Even if the subject had more appeal to mainstream audiences, the nearly three-hour length would cap the interest. Tighter editing is needed." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a big, juicy, gorgeous, high-flying epic..." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"What's required for enjoying The Aviator is an interest in Howard Hughes, or aviation, or classic Hollywood or any combination of those three." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...[Scorsese's] most accessible and most thoroughly entertaining." more... |
A- |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...overlength is the only thing that keeps The Aviator from being the year's best movie." more... |
A |
In Theaters 
