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Positive Reviews
72
Negative reviews
6
Average Rating
4.1
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4.0
The end result is a one of a kind film thats both incredibly offensive and undeniably entertaining, using casual misogyny and offhanded amorality much ..
Austin Chronicle
5.0
You want a light over here, you grab a light and put it over here.You want a nuclear submarine, you make one out of thin air and put your characters i ..
Rogerebert
5.0
This explains why so many bad movies hope to distract you with long flashy sequences full of empty spectacle.
E Film Critic
4.5
Its a perfect use of a so far wasted technology, a perfect adaptation of a visceral source material into a movie that succeeds beyond expectation.The ..
Cinema Blend
4.5
You wont be disappointed.Note: I loved the homage to our very own Arrow in the Head (leave me alone, I like to dream) via one of the funniest sequence ..
JoBlo
2.5
Capturing the full comic book flavor alone doesnt make it a good movie.
Sover
3.8
Its 23 minutes longer, and it allows you to watch the films four stories separately.
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
Occasionally very funny, the picture tends to coast on its cosmetics.
Usa Today
3.5
Probably the closest thing to this movie in visual impact is Dick Tracy which also featured its own unique visual style and grotesque makeup.The film ..
Lariat
4.5
The film retains not just the look of its source material but its tone, too its dark mood swings, its hard boiled love affairs, its grimly funny viole ..
Eric Ds Nider
5.0
Is that Paris Hilton behind me.Bruce Willis asks the tough questions in Sin City.
News Review
3.5
Its awash with wit and humour, and many sequences are mind bogglingly well orchestrated.
Shadows On The Wall
3.8
The cast is excellent and the computer generated visuals are consistently stunning.
Cs Monitor
2.5
This is easily Rodriguezs most disciplined piece of direction to date.
Film Journal
4.5
The films as entertaining as it is disturbing and as disturbing as it is entertaining.
Mountain X
3.8
DENIED JUSTICE SECOND IN A SERIES Minnesota police have failed to investigate dozens of rape suspects even though they had been accused of, charged wi ..
Star Tribune
3.5
The best way to enjoy the film is not to resist but to succumb for two hours to its alluring temptations.
Emanuellevy
4.5
Rodriguez has parlayed his genius for cutting edge digital filmmaking along with Millers intriguing noir story and artwork into something fresh and st ..
Reel Talk Reviews
5.0
This is neo noir for the new millennium baby, and one of the best comic book movies ever made that noir fans will also really enjoy.
Cinema Crazed
5.0
I loved it.Or, to put it another way, I loved it, I loved it, I loved it.
Slate
4.0
Women are either improbably beautiful whores (good girls) or improbably beautiful pole dancers (very good girls).
Empire
4.0
This is a masterpiece of technique, bravura filmmaking with sure and complete mastery of tone, setting, and mood.
Common Sense Media
5.0
Yet if the movies aims arent lofty, its entertainment value is high and consistent.
Sf Gate
4.0
Instead Sin City offers an intoxicating supply of guilty pleasure that makes Vegas look like Disney World.
Bbc
5.0
No need for clocks, weathermen or juries in Basin City Sin City to you.
Time
4.4
Sometimes that means dying.Sometimes it means killing a whole lotta people.
Slant Magazine
5.0
But all the visual splendor in the world means nothing without effective performances.
Washington Post
5.0
Or do you say: Its so gorgeous and seductive and such a mesmerizing experience, you just have to let it be what it is and not apply the laws of taste ..
Washington Post
2.0
It is a vision of women so comically retro you half expect the 1950s pinup Bettie Page to swing by for some fun.
The New York Times
2.5
In making a motion picture this way, normal live action barriers are broken and the cinematic scope can be broadened as far as the filmmakers imaginat ..
The Movie Boy
4.5
Rodriguez recognizes this and gives the movie the geek fanboy hero worship that it deserves.
Bullz-Eye
3.2
I wish that Rodriguez and company had picked just one story (Marvs) and made one really good movie instead of three OK movies in one.
Reeling Reviews
3.2
...Rodriguezs obsession with painstakingly recreating a comic book on screen makes him punch through the medium of film into something with a hollow h ..
Reeling Reviews
4.0
If anything, its comic book approach to filmmaking brands it an entirely unique, distinctive product, neither comic book nor movie but an ingenious hy ..
Las Vegas Weekly
4.4
Sin City is the most visually inventive comic book adaptation to make its way to a movie screen.
ReelViews
4.3
Its silly and goofy, but in the context of the films dark humor, its effective.
Lyles Movie Files
0.5
Is comic book art some superior aesthetic that deserves such tribute.Arent movies already enough like dumb comic books without actually trying to BE o ..
Seattle Pi
0.5
The characters all come together at the end after lots of bloody mayhem.
Tony Medley
4.5
Youve got to prove to your friends youre worth a damn.Sometimes it means dying.
Coles Mithey
3.5
The issue of honor the only positive value ever espoused in the comics is almost entirely absent.The film becomes a celebration of violence, a series ..
Pajiba
4.4
Ill confess that the crisp digital projection I saw probably worsened this problem Ill bet good old fashioned film puts the edge on.
Groucho Reviews
4.5
As with many dark, graphic novels of this type, his stories are more focused on the visual than driven by the plot.But despite the lack of a strong na ..
Cnn
3.8
Innovative and dazzling in its absolute loyalty to the visual style of its inspiration... brings comic book pages alive to a degree that is unpreceden ..
Spliced Wire
4.4
And even with superstars like Bruce Willis and Clive Owen in the cast, its Mickey Rourke who delivers the most engaging and compelling performance in ..
Reel Film
4.5
But they dont have to be.After all, too many eye popping scenes in a movie will make the whole thing seem dull.
7M Pictures
4.4
Youve got to hand it to Miller and Rodriguez. Their Sin City is no place for tourists.
The Star
4.4
Its not always easy to watch, and its certainly not for the easily offended.But visually, theres much to enjoy, especially the striking black and whit ..
Deseret News
4.5
The violence is strictly comic book style, presented as torrid film noir action.The characters are shocking and deliver maximum impact, yet the journe ..
Urban Cine File
2.5
Unlike the Spider Man franchise, the movie has no sense of fun beyond the filmmakers high pitched giggles at the expense of audience stamina.
La Weekly
4.5
This is more about stylistic achievement than physical shredding.
Varia Gate
5.0
An obscure 1851 law could limit the ability of some victims of the Branson duck boat tragedy to be fully compensated for their loss.
Kansas City
2.0
Now that Ive seen the late arriving sequel, I cant for the life of me work out why I ever thought it would be a good idea.
Flicks
2.5
If youre looking for a Pulp Fiction, only the first third is worthy.For those of you who fear a mean spirited violent picture, you should know that de ..
Ross Anthony
5.0
Elijah Wood convincingly portrays a mute, cannibal black belt badass.
The Filmy Ap
4.4
The relentlessly dark story is balanced by the purely joyful filmmaking.
Big Picture Big Sound
5.0
Exchanges between the characters are full of wildly colorful words and stylized phrases all derived from the classic pulp and film noir genre, complet ..
Waffle Movies
5.0
Sin City is pretty disturbing for a comic book already; waitll you see it shot for shot, frame for frame, and depravity for depravity.Enjoy!
Movie Crypt
4.5
Millers potent black humor translates easily to the screen and lifts the often grim subject matter, keeping the film entertaining through the darkest ..
ComingSoon
5.0
Youve got to prove to your friends youre worth a damn.Sometimes it means dying.
Montreal Film Journal
4.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
1.0
With a few welcome exceptions, the acting is the only element thats bloodless.
Wsj
2.8
The results are daring and ambitious, to be sure, but ultimately nothing more than a Xerox copy.
Flip Side Archive
5.0
Poll: GOP race for U.S. Senate is deadlocked Poll: GOP race for U.S. Senate is deadlocked If the Aug. 7 primary election was held today, John James wo ..
Freep
4.5
The final product is jaw dropping, and all the more because the film still manages to hold a distinct comic book tone.
From The Balcony
4.5
Sin City will leave you reeling and unsure whether to laugh or recoil in horror, and itll stay with you for weeks.
Future Movies
3.1
Not for kids and not a date movie unless the girl is a comic book fan.
Entertainment Spectrum
4.4
Well either fix the issue to your satisfaction or issue you a full, immediate refund.Just let us know we want you to be happy!
Movie Eye
5.0
You could watch it just for its technical achievement and how gorgeous the damn thing is and stay busy the whole time.Trouble is you barely get a chan ..
Need Coffee
4.0
The Geeks be a slobbering, and for good reason. This movie shows up to kick the audiences butt.
Films Nobs
2.5
Lifes cheapness in this world is supposed to give us a giddy thrill, but such an exercise in juvenile cynicism ends up cheapening the characters more ..
Movie Martyr
4.0
Without a moral universe, all youre left with is a beautiful empty pornographic ballet.
Archive Spectator
5.0
Classic isnt word enough to describe this unflinching look into the dark side of the comic book world.
Juicy Cerebellum
4.4
True to Millers graphic novels, the film is framed as if the screen was a giant panel.Beautifully photographed in black and white, with only a few bri ..
Crazed Fan Boy
5.0
At long last, here is a film that fully justifies why we still love going to the movie theater.
Cinema Phile
1.5
An exercise in style that threatens to supplant substance, the movie is visually stunning and demands viewing.
Looking Closer
2.5
A pointless wallow in sadism... Willis, Rourke, and Boothe have all done way cooler tough guy movies for Walter Hill.
Fantastic A Daily
4.5
Punching, kicking and slashing its way through every genre imaginable chiefly film noir, comic, mystery, action, drama, romance, and thriller Sin City ..
Horror
5.0
Dear Amy: My mother is 89 years old.At 85, she declined to renew her drivers license, acknowledging that it was time she stopped driving.
Suburban Chicago News
3.8
As a result, Millers many fans are likely to hail this as a masterpiece.
Seattle Times
4.5
And the comic panel storytelling lends itself to something that is not necessarily new, but nevertheless refreshing and exhilarating.
The Reel Deal
3.8
Every frame is composed for maximum visceral impact, just as the best comic pages should be.
Wash Times
3.8
Not to mention fatally flawed; engaging with our surly bunch is a challenge due to editing on speed and a concrete edge that keeps genuine emotion at ..
Auf Muth
3.8
As close to a museum quality work of visual art as Hollywood as ever seen.
Mixed Reviews
4.3
The characters look great but sometimes seem as if theyre acting in front of a big screenbut its never bad enough to spoil the moment.
Ww2 Gazette
4.4
If you can look past its veneer of shed blood, broken bodies and the rat a tat tat talk of its hardboiled tough guys, Sin City is a thing of savage be ..
Frank Houston
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