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Release Date: May 19, 1998; Rated: PG-13; Length: 140 Minutes; Genres: Action/Adventure, Disaster, Sci-fi; With: Hank Azaria, Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo and Jean Reno See More
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By Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

There are some clever and exciting sequences, but this $120 million epic of reconstituted Atomic Age trash lumbers more than it thrills. The film leaves us wanting both less and more -- less of the dull, sketchbook characters, like Matthew Broderick's blandly boyish nuclear scientist, and more of Godzilla rocking and rolling the Big Apple. The filmmakers finally stage a terrific climax with Godzilla chasing a taxi full of our heroes, then entwining himself in the Brooklyn Bridge. The episode has a madcap audacity and visual verve -- exactly what should have been there throughout the movie.


Posted Jun 05, 1998
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