Godzilla

Name: Godzilla
Released: 1998-5-20
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Doug Savant

Godzilla

PG-13
2h 19m
1998

19%

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Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing westward through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko Tatopolous is called in to investigate the matter, and he quickly arrives at the conclusion that a giant, irradiated lizard has been created by the explosions. Godzilla(r) then makes its way north, landing at Manhattan to begin wreaking havoc in the big city. Even with the combined forces of the U.S. military to fight the monster, will it be enough to save the people of New York?

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Producer:

Dean Devlin

Writer:

Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin

Cast:

Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Doug Savant, Harry Shearer

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

19%

Critics Consensus: Without compelling characters or heart, Godzilla stomps on everything that made the original (or any monster movie worth its salt) a classic.

Reviews

Slate

David Edelstein

What the new, monstrously budgeted Godzilla brings home is that size doesn’t matter -- that tacky crudeness harnessed to a real vision can have more brute power than all the state-of-the-art computer wizardry that Hollywood’s money can buy.

February 15, 2023

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Scripps Howard News Service

Sara Voorhees

Unfortunately, the movie teeters precariously between camp and serious without finding its balance.

This 'Zilla is no thrillah. The only thing huge about it is the size of its failure, with monsters straight out of Jurassic Park (yawn), a plot thinner than the butter topping on popcorn and mailed-in acting by the cast.

The new Godzilla in this movie is sleek and fast, but the storyline is bloated and slow.

February 15, 2023

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Spokesman-Review (Washington)

Dan Webster

This newest look at the radiation-created creature who once razed Tokyo continues to advance the art of digital-efx to a jaw-dropping degree. Yet it offers little else.

February 15, 2023

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