The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
A movie carefully engineered for an audience of exactly nobody.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
2 Jul 2003
rotten:
It's less the story of Sinbad than a compilation of greatest hits from Mythland.
– Robert Denerstein,
Denver Rocky Mountain News,
3 Jul 2003
fresh:
Business-as-usual movie that isn't trying to make anything more than a medium-size splash.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
8 Jul 2003
fresh:
Ray Harryhausen's original stop-motion Sinbad classics are a hard act to follow, but Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore's update, couched in a gorgeous palette of indigo and dark rose, is a big, beautiful thrill all its own.
– Ella Taylor,
L.A. Weekly,
8 Jul 2003
rotten:
Bland music, marquee-friendly casting and crassly contemporary dialogue give this film the mechanical feel of a marketing exercise, not a movie.