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Avg. Critic Score: 46 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 Iffy for 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    Recalls the pumped-up energy of "Pump Up the Volume," as well as its casting prowess. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Jolie, the daughter of Jon Voight, and Miller, a British newcomer, bring a particular quality to their performances that is convincing and engaging. Read full review

  • 50
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    Silly, predictable, and, dare I say it, oddly endearing, Hackers is the first film I've seen in a long while that annoyed me so much I actually enjoyed it. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post |

    Separates the tech-savvy boys from the lost-in-cyberspace men. Really--the movie may be too fast and confusingly jargon-choked for everyone but Netsurfers and Webheads. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Stack

    Want a believable plot or acting? Forget it. But if you just want knockout images, unabashed eye candy and a riveting look at a complex world that seems both real and fake at the same time, "Hackers'' is one of the most intriguing movies of the year. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    There is a great deal more style than substance here. The special effects experts and the other members of the technical crew do their considerable best to give their various hacking sequences the look of warp-speed sci-fi fantasy. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    A lot of attention has gone into the film's video games, computer imagery and costumes, to the point where simply watching these artifacts is half the fun...But eventually Hackers turns tedious, perhaps not realizing that an audience can get tired of the same old equations floating in cyberspace. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Hal Hinson

    Tirelessly modish, hyper-glossy, super-superficial. It's also cacophonous. And, for all of its drum-beating for brain power, dumb. Read full review

  • 30
    Los Angeles Times |

    All the sound and fury in the world can't disguise the fact that yowling music, typing montages and computer animation do not a gripping finale make. This movie megabytes. Read full review

  • 25
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    It's a dismal mess...What's most grating about Hackers, however, is the guileless way the movie buys in to the computer-kid-as-elite-rebel mystique currently being peddled by magazines like Wired. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+ Jolie's high-tech thriller falls flat.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that there's a little drinking, a fair amount of smoking, and some quite explicit sexual fantasies in this film. The anti-authoritarian culture of computer hacking is glorified, and little distinction is made between harmless pranks and destructive viruses.
  • Families can talk about computer hacking and the ethics of the online world. Should information be shared freely or controlled? How would you feel if somebody hacked into your computer or if a virus damaged your files? This might be an opportunity to find out what your kid thinks about common activities like downloading music -- is it wrong to shoplift something from a store but okay to download music without permission?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Computer hacking. The creation of destructive viruses is celebrated.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence: Not an issue
  • sex false3 Sex: Suggestive dancing; explicit sexual fantasies.
  • language false3 Language: Not an issue
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Smoking and some drinking; no consequences.
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