The Mask of Zorro Critic Reviews

A lively, old-fashioned adventure yarn with just a twist of modern attitude, it's the kind of pleasant entertainment that allows the paying customers to have as much fun as the people on screen. Read the full review

The return of the legendary swordsman is well served by a grandly mounted production in the classical style. Read the full review

This is hot-weather escapism so earnestly retrograde that it seems new. Read the full review

The film is a display of traditional movie craftsmanship, especially at the level of the screenplay, which respects the characters and story and doesn't simply use them for dialogue breaks between action sequences.Read the full review

A great deal of excitement and adventure, all brought to the screen by using a somewhat irreverent tone that keeps the mood light without trivializing the characters. Read the full review

This pleasant movie anachronism, an assemblage of traditional Robin Hooded scenarios (and superior swordplay) that, in the right light, is a nostalgic treat, and in shadow evokes Monty Python.Read the full review

The Mask Of Zorro is disarming for the same reasons, coasting on the charisma of its stars and a few exciting action setpieces.Read the full review

Entertaining, but it's about one notch below being something anybody really needs to see.Read the full review