Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
The Matrix has generally received very positive reviews.
Review of The Matrix (1999)
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The Matrix was released in 1999 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1,015 reviews, giving The Matrix (1999) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 79%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Matrix than critics were.
With a score of 83%, The Matrix is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1999, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1999 with similar scores include films like Toy Story 2, Being John Malkovich and The Straight Story.
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