| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
D |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...an incoherent mess..." more... |
D- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"The 1975 Rollerball was hardly a classic...But that [version] was a cinematic masterpiece next to this one." more... |
C- |
Dallas Morning News
Tom Maurstad |
"...a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen – loud, violent and mindless." more... |
D |
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson |
"...manages to make almost no sense." more... |
D+ |
| E! Online |
"The only balls this movie has is in its title." more... |
F |
Hollywood Reporter
David Hunter |
"...aggressively self-destructive..." more... |
D |
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas |
"It's too bad this Rollerball veered off-track so swiftly, derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone." more... |
C- |
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle |
"There are...plentiful helpings of dreadful acting, confusing action cinematography, choppy editing and embarrassing dialogue, with the added bonus of a plot almost as dumb as that of the original film." more... |
F |
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman |
"...eventually falls apart so badly you feel embarrassed for the people who made it." more... |
D+ |
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell |
"...boring and...obvious." more... |
D+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Say this for the soundtrack, it drowns out the lousy dialogue." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...unwatchable." more... |
F |
TV Guide
Ken Fox |
"...the whole thing falls apart in a hazy, confusing mess." more... |
C- |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...the new and long-delayed Rollerball is missing a few key elements: a script, a reason for being and maybe a few Britney Spears ads strategically placed throughout to break up 98 minutes of solid tedium." more... |
D |
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