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Dante's Peak Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    43

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 50

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    Dante's Peak is customary for the genre, with convincing special effects sharing screen time with standard-issue characters and situations.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety Todd McCarthy

    Physicality of the second half, then, will keep the audience going, but it is not quite sufficient to camouflage the elemental silliness of storyline.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    ReelViews James Berardinelli

    "Twister" is a rush. Dante's Peak, on the other hand, is a bore. Oh, it has its moments, but most of them are concentrated in the final forty-five minutes. The first hour, which is all typical disaster movie setup, is interminable.

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  • 58

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    It hardly helps, of course, to have no characters to root for. What is it about Pierce Brosnan? He's got dimples, grace, charm; he's not a movie star, exactly -- he looks as if he should be hosting something.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    The New York Times Elvis Mitchell

    The special effects are suitably catastrophic, though they aren't much more clever than the computer tricks that turn up in beer commercials these days.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    USA Today Mike Clark

    Older youngsters not threatened by PG-13 levels of intensity might pester Mom and Dad to let them see this cinematic fluff-head. For everyone else, it simply is what it is -- which, despite a budget that could feed Star Wars' Jabba the Hutt for life, isn't very much. [07Feb1997 Pg 04.D]

  • 63

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Dante's Peak, written by Leslie Bohem and directed by Roger Donaldson, follows the disaster formula so faithfully that if you walk in while the movie is in progress, you can estimate how long the story has to run. That it is skillful is a tribute to the filmmakers.

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