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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenArmageddon is as irresistible as it's indefensible.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt looks like a TV ad, or 200 of them strung together, with the same kind of gaudy virtuosity, lavish technique and expensive self-mockery tinging every shot.
- 70L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisThe movie is ridiculous, but since the special effects are really quite impressive, that seems a small point.
- 70Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanIt might make you tense, it might make you nauseous, and its clangorous roar could well give you a migraine headache.
- 60Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsSometimes the movie can't decide whether to tug REALLY HARD at the heart strings, or make you laugh at the zany oil riggers.
- 50The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThe actors mark time, and the gung-ho heroics on display are embarrassingly hollow.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBay doesn't stage scenes, exactly -- he stages moments.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranDirector Michael Bay's filmmaking style is so frantic and frenetic that it's often impossible to figure out exactly what is happening.
- 33Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittArmageddon may sell tickets, thanks largely to a high-powered marketing machine that's been conducting its own countdown for the past several months. But it's not a pretty picture.
- 0Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversHow do I hate Armageddon? Let me count the ways.