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

  • 80
    Empire |

    It's easy to criticise Conan. Cheesy. Dated. And ever-so-slightly fascist (Conan is the ultimate Aryan: punishing the weak and defending the strong, while looking great in thigh-high boots). But while all that's true, for Arnie fans, the film still rocks. Read full review

  • 75
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    Those who have an inherent distaste for this sort of entertainment will appreciate Conan the Barbarian's impeccable production values without enjoying the story; most everyone else will be swept away by the film's spectacle. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    I liked a lot of it myself, and with me, a few broadswords and leather jerkins go a long way. Read full review

  • 67
    Austin Chronicle | Marjorie Baumgarten

    Schwarzenegger has probably never been better-cast. Read full review

  • 50
    TV Guide |

    A series of meaningless adventures punctuated with a lot of clanky, very bloody swordplay, Conan the Barbarian is best remembered for a scene in which Schwarzenegger punches out a camel. Read full review

  • 50
    The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | Jay Scott

    An excessively brutal adventure comic book is exactly what it has set out to be - a medieval Heavy Metal. [14 May 1982] Read full review

  • 40
    Variety |

    Director John Milius does a nice job of setting up the initial story.... But for whatever reasons, [Schwarzenegger] has a minimum of dialog and fails to convey much about the character through his actions. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Vincent Canby

    Conan the Barbarian is an extremely long, frequently incoherent, ineptly staged adventure-fantasy set in a prehistoric past. Read full review

  • 30
    Chicago Reader | Dave Kehr

    Milius has nothing to say: this 1982 film only hints at the romantic heroics of "The Wind and the Lion" and has none of the personal quality of "Big Wednesday." Read full review

  • 10
    Time | Richard Schickel

    Conan is a sort of psychopathic Star Wars, stupid and stupefying. Read full review

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