Rotten
The movie lets [Fiennes and Thurman] down with a patchwork climax that feels rushed and perfunctory.
Gene Seymour, Los Angeles Times
The Avengers
She's Peel. He's Steed. Their world is a dangerous place. And they love it.
1998 · 1h 29m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Jeremiah S. Chechik
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The Avengers
Overview
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
Director and cast
- Jeremiah S. Chechik Director
- Ralph Fiennes as John Steed
- Uma Thurman as Emma Peel
- Sean Connery as Sir August de Wynter
- Patrick Macnee as Invisible Jones (voice)
- Jim Broadbent as Mother
- Fiona Shaw as Father
- Suzy Eddie Izzard as Bailey
- Eileen Atkins as Alice
- John Wood as Trubshaw
- Carmen Ejogo as Brenda
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
5%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The new Avengers is dismal in dispiriting, dreary ways, and Ralph Fiennes, playing Macnee's part, is a particular disaster.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Rotten
Some bad movies are bold outrages; many others become hits. This one hasn't the juice to be either.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Rotten
This Avengers film is so horrendously, painfully and thoroughly awful, it gives other cinematic clunkers like Ishtar and Howard the Duck a good name.
David Bianculli, New York Daily News
Rotten
Neither elegant nor macho nor elegant-and-macho, Fiennes is terribly cast; Thurman at least provides the equivalent of a dressmaker's dummy on which to hang neo-mod fashions.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
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