The Matrix

Name: The Matrix
Released: 1999-3-31
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano

The Matrix

R
2h 15m
1999

87%

age 15+

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Have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real? What if you couldn't awaken? How would you know the difference between dream and reality? When a beautiful stranger (Carrie Ann Moss) leads computer hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. Neo joins legendary and dangerous rebel warrior Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) in the battle to destroy the illusion enslaving humanity. Now, every move, every second, every thought becomes a fight to stay alive--to escape The Matrix.

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Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano

Extras

Behind THE MATRIX

Follow the White Rabbit

Take the Red Pill

Trailers

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

87%

Critics Consensus: Thanks to the Wachowskis' imaginative vision, The Matrix is a smartly crafted combination of spectacular action and groundbreaking special effects.

Reviews

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Kathi Maio

The [Wachowskis] have "borrowed" bits from here, there, and everywhere, and they have ended up cre...

The Matrix still stands up as a fiercely exciting and discombobulating futurist drama, which pione...

The Matrix is an inner-circle sci-fi Hall of Famer, a visual trendsetter, and a cultural touchston...

Neo offers Reeves the perfect combination of Ted Theodore Logan's curiosity and wonder, Johnny Uta...

...hallucinatory cinema.

February 9, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 15+

Common Sense Says

Intense, but many teens will be able to handle it.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that although The Matrix is an exciting, sometimes confusing, sci-fi adventure with a brooding Keanu Reeves and a mysterious Laurence Fishburne at it center. It's heavy on special effects and rated R for violence (some pretty gross, including an icky bug that enters the hero's body through his belly button) and language ("s--t," "goddamn," "crap," etc.). Most teens 14 and up who are begging to see it should be able to handle it without a problem, though the plot can be confusing as it unfolds.