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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesStargate is a clever adventure that should find its audience.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterStargate is a blast from the past in many ways, but it imaginatively employs the latest special effects technology to give audiences new thrills. [24 Oct 1994]
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliStargate is peppered with numerous minor faults, some of which - although not all - are easily forgiven. It's the bigger plot problems and lackluster climax which are more difficult to excuse.
- Roland Emmerich hasn't bettered us as a culture with Stargate, but he hasn't corrupted us, either.
- 50Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonBy the end, the film’s early promise has pretty much degenerated into routine pyrotechnics.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe film has flashes of psychedelic visual energy, but its story is limp.
- 50Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerLos Angeles TimesPeter RainerWithout Davidson Stargate might seem clunky and routine, but he gives it a weirdo charge. It may be a lousy movie, but it's a more enjoyably lousy movie than most.
- 50Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe arrival of Ra (Jaye Davidson), bearing sci-fi cliches, changes Stargate from a merely hokey movie to one that is truly ridiculous.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertStargate is like a film school exercise. Assignment: Conceive of the weirdest plot you can think of, and reduce it as quickly as possible to action movie cliches.
- 20VarietyLeonard KladyVarietyLeonard KladyWhat this juvenile adventure has in spades is special effects and picturesque locations. What it lacks is an emotional link to make the Saturday afternoon he-man posturing palatable, or at least bearable.