Ben-Hur's reviews
Media reviews
The A.V. Club
The Wyler film?s rousing chariot sequence?filmed separately and at lavish expense by Andrew Marton and Yakima Canutt, one of the greatest stuntmen who ever lived ? is hard to beat. But Bekmambetov acquits himself nicely, offering up a loud and vicious circular chase, with point-of-view shots of people getting hit by chariots as armored Romans scamper around like rodeo clowns.
Variety
Minus a hero who has the macho charisma to wrap a movie around him like he owned it, the new 'Ben-Hur' is an oddly lackluster affair.
The Wrap
This 'Ben-Hur' may not be an epic fail, but its steady stream of shortcomings are certainly a cautionary journey for anybody with the hubris to try and rebuild the monuments of movies past.
The Hollywood Reporter
Misguided, diminished and dismally done in every way, this late-summer afterthought will richly earn the distinction of becoming the first 'Ben-Hur' in any form to flop.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote