75
Metascore
Generally Favorable
positive
19(76%)
mixed
5(20%)
negative
1(4%)
Showing 25 Critic Reviews
100
Few Hollywood action pictures are half as exciting or ravishing.
100
Everything about its scale is epic.
91
This multistoried historical plot is packed with almost three hours of nuances and hidden meanings, and the slippery smiles and sly innuendoes often seem lost in translation.
90
A stunner -- as big and messy as a war, as small and perfect as a diamond.
90
A stirring, thought-provoking feat of filmmaking, accomplished in every facet.
90
This is a powerful story and a splendid spectacle.
88
Based on the true story of the first emperor of unified China, could be downsized and told as an American Western.
88
Has a mixture of strengths and limitations often found in historical epics: lots of eye-filling action and spectacle, little in the way of psychology or human interest.
88
As savage and as epic as film gets.
88
It's a more intelligent and dimensional epic than, say, "Anna and the King." Emperor is worth every single penny.
