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Janet Maslin, New York Times: With a wealth of charismatic Zorros (two), a smashing heroine and a dauntless love of adventure, this is hot-weather escapism so earnestly retrograde that it seems new. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A lively, old-fashioned adventure yarn with just a twist of modern attitude, it's the kind of pleasant entertainment that allows the paying customers to have as much fun as the people on screen. Read more
David Denby, New York Magazine/Vulture: Banderas, with his flashing eyes, makes a good mock-Hidalgo, but the movie would be a lot more amusing if it weren't such kid stuff. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Offers just what one might reasonably expect from a Zorro movie: a great deal of excitement and adventure, all brought to the screen by using a somewhat irreverent tone that keeps the mood light without trivializing the characters. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Mask of Zorro has something you don't often see in modern action pictures: a sense of honor. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: One of the most glorious and rousing adventure movies Hollywood has ever produced. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The story is not important. The clash of swords, the leaps, the tumbles -- it's all very nice. But after 136 minutes, it becomes a bit much. Read more