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10,000 B.C. (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 132 Fresh: 12  Rotten:120 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.
 

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Rated: PG-13

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

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 tribe, their esteemed elder, Old Mother (Mona... 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]

Genre: Action/Adventure

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

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

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Jun 24, 2008

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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.

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06/28/08
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
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A disaster that can't even get the computer generated images right.

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06/20/08
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com
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4/10

...most of the film is simply a matter of waiting for it to end.

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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.

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06/14/08
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
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1.5/5

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.

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06/08/08
Robert Davis
Paste Magazine
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It was a pleasant surprise.

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06/02/08
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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1.5/5

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.

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05/20/08
Adam Tobias
Watertown Daily Times
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1/5

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.

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05/13/08
Chris Laverty
Mansized
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0/5

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.

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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
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0/5

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

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05/04/08
Bob Grimm
Tucson Weekly
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0.5/4

crap, and more crap in a crap bucket

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

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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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2.5/4

I enjoyed the movie, so it qualifies as a mammoth guilty pleasure

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03/27/08
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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03/27/08
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page
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03/26/08
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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D+

It's just a wrong movie altogether, an elaborately nonsensical stew of crazy costumes, bizarre accessories, and funny voices.

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03/22/08
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
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Surely it's only coincidence that the sign of D'Leh's accomplishment is a White Spear.

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03/21/08
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
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You actually have to feel sorry for the actors, one of which is New Zealander Cliff Curtis, the only person I recognised.

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03/19/08
Margaret Pomeranz
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