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10,000 B.C.

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10,000 B.C. (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 134

Fresh: 12

Rotten:122

Average Rating: 3.2/10

Consensus: With attention strictly paid to style instead of substance, or historical accuracy, 10,000 B.C. is a visually impressive but narratively flimsy epic.

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release: 2008

Box Office: $94,770,548

Synopsis: Director Roland Emmerich weaves myth and legend together in this epic love story. As the Ice Age is ending, the Yagahl people are struggling to survive. When Evolet (Camilla Belle), a young, blue-eyed girl is found and brought back to the... Director Roland Emmerich weaves myth and legend together in this epic love story. As the Ice Age is ending, the Yagahl people are struggling to survive. When Evolet (Camilla Belle), a young, blue-eyed girl is found and brought back to the tribe, their esteemed elder, Old Mother (Mona Hammond), realizes that the child is fulfilling a prophecy and will be instrumental in saving the Yagahl. D'Leh (Steven Strait) swore his heart to Evolet when she first came to the tribe, and after many years claims her as his own. But no sooner are the young lovers together, than they are torn apart by mysterious men arriving on horseback who kidnap many of the Yagahl, including Evolet, for slave trade. Determined to save his love and their people, D'Leh embarks on a rescue mission with his father figure Tic'Tic (Cliff Curtis). Along the way, they encounter different lands, new people, and strange creatures including giant birds akin to a killer ostrich. Mixing history and fantasy, there is little (if anything) that is historically accurate in this film. Rather, Emmerich weaves together myths and legends to unite people from different lands into one force and bring down a great evil that threatens all of their civilizations. Emmerich also tackles multiple universal themes: the redemption of an outsider, the coming of age of a boy who becomes a leader, the importance of loyalty, and the discovery and understanding of new cultures. Ultimately, he tackles the age-old saga of star-crossed lovers and the power of love. Omar Sharif narrates this love story that spans mountains, valleys, deserts, and rivers. [More]

Starring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Omar Sharif

Starring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Omar Sharif, Tim Barlow

Director: Roland Emmerich

Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenwriter: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Producer: Michael Wimer, Roland Emmerich, Mark Gordon
Composer: Harald Kloser, Thomas Wander
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Jun 24, 2008

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People expecting a fun action movie will be severely disappointed. If you get drunk with some buddies and go to make fun of it, you might like it more. But that doesn't make it a good movie

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
07/22/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine
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Would make a good drinking game; silly fun but not "good." A critic sitting near me snorted in derision at my "the costumes kicked ass," but I won't back down. They were really cool.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
07/17/08
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
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I can't help but think that 10,000 BC started out as an idea that sounded like, "Wouldn't it be cool if we had wooly mammoths and saber toothed tigers and people all in the same movie?" and went from there.

Full Review Source: Movie Views | comment Comment
06/28/08
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
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A disaster that can't even get the computer generated images right.

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
06/20/08
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com
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...most of the film is simply a matter of waiting for it to end.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
06/17/08
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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Ready to rumble, scantily clad Neanderthals gone wild, gliding around the globe faster than high speed Internet. And while dodging seemingly nearsighted menacing reptiles with bad manners, whose oversized choppers repeatedly miss their mark.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment 1 Comment
06/14/08
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
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But the folks who made 10,000 B.C. have filled their film with a sub-Disney plot and inserted a few measly slivers of action that hardly warrant all the mystical hubbub and romantic angst.

Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | comment Comment
06/08/08
Robert Davis
Paste Magazine
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It was a pleasant surprise.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment 3 Comments
06/02/08
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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In fact, while sitting through this banal attempt at a big-scale epic, I could not help but go through a checklist in my mind of all the movies "10,000 B.C." borrows from.

Full Review Source: Watertown Daily Times | comment Comment
05/20/08
Adam Tobias
Watertown Daily Times
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If you absolutely must endure 10,000 BC, do as we did and take along a pencil - jabbing the nib in your eye might be the only way to regain a sense of feeling after the dumbest, naffest cinematic violation of your life.

Full Review Source: Mansized | comment Comment
05/13/08
Chris Laverty
Mansized
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The filmmakers should be ashamed of themselves for even allowing this movie to enter a movie theatre. It was like a bad made for TV special that you would see on ABC or NBC.

Full Review Source: BDK Reviews (CBS Radio) | comment Comment
05/12/08
Kevin McCarthy
BDK Reviews (CBS Radio)
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ena matso kakomoirides sernontai stin ammo kai ton ilio, s' ena ftino, proheiro, afeles kai kakogoysto deigma karampinatis gerontikis anoias toy Emmerich

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05/06/08
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses
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One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Full Review Source: Tucson Weekly | comment 2 Comments
05/04/08
Bob Grimm
Tucson Weekly
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crap, and more crap in a crap bucket

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05/02/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is
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The actors speak in fluent anachronistic English. The dialogue is prehistoric but not in the way Emmerich intended.

Full Review Source: Peterborough This Week | comment 1 Comment
04/15/08
Mike Sage
Peterborough This Week
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It's a film that countryman Uwe Boll would have made had he the budget and the cinematographer

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04/02/08
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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I enjoyed the movie, so it qualifies as a mammoth guilty pleasure

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment 9 Comments
03/27/08
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
N/R

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03/27/08
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page
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it is hard to be enthralled with the dusty, warmed-over romantic fixations of what is essentially a very handsome cave-couple

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment 1 Comment
03/26/08
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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It's just a wrong movie altogether, an elaborately nonsensical stew of crazy costumes, bizarre accessories, and funny voices.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
03/22/08
Eric D. Snider
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