Worst Picture

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator aspires to be Spartacus by way of The Godfather.

Worst Picture
Photo: Paramount Pictures

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator aspires to be Spartacus by way of The Godfather, but its production values, moral intelligence and strong cast can’t overcome a certain trash-and-flash factor. Ridley directed it, but brother Tony’s spirit hovers nearby.

Qualifiers: I have never seen Cavalcade or The Broadway Melody.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

Matt Zoller Seitz is the founder and original editor of The House Next Door, now a part of Slant Magazine. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism, he is the Editor at Large of RogerEbert.com and TV critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com.

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