Gloria (1999) Critic Reviews

A smoother, funnier, more suspenseful and more endearing version of the 1980 John Cassavetes film of the same title.Read the full review

It's entertainment, but mild entertainment.Read the full review

Stone's latest penance is Gloria, the Sidney Lumet-directed dud that sprung from the singularly bad idea of remaking John Cassavetes' oddball 1980 character study. I mean, really, did anyone even like the original?Read the full review

Just because it's not boring, that doesn't mean it's worth plunking down the price of admission.Read the full review

Not so much a remake of a film as it is a remake of an overcooked performance--a case of ham imitating ham.Read the full review

Poor Sharon Stone! Poor Sidney Lumet! [22 January 1999, Life, p.11E]Read the full review

An inexplicable and disastrous mismatch of sensibilities.Read the full review

A classic like this deserves to be unearthed! After all, this picture is likely to command a pedestal of its own at the local video store. Just check for shelves marked either "Sharon Stone" or "Staff's Worst Picks of 1999."Read the full review

I found myself praying that the film would jam and melt and, well past the halfway point, it did, and I was sprung, 30 minutes early.Read the full review