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80
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Empire
It's easy to criticise Conan. Cheesy. Dated. And ever-so-slightly fascist (Conan is the ultimate Aryan: punishing the weak and defending the strong, while looking great in thigh-high boots). But while all that's true, for Arnie fans, the film still rocks.
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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
I liked a lot of it myself, and with me, a few broadswords and leather jerkins go a long way.
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75
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
Those who have an inherent distaste for this sort of entertainment will appreciate Conan the Barbarian's impeccable production values without enjoying the story; most everyone else will be swept away by the film's spectacle.
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67
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Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Schwarzenegger has probably never been better-cast.
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50
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jay Scott
An excessively brutal adventure comic book is exactly what it has set out to be - a medieval Heavy Metal. [14 May 1982]
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50
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TV Guide
A series of meaningless adventures punctuated with a lot of clanky, very bloody swordplay, Conan the Barbarian is best remembered for a scene in which Schwarzenegger punches out a camel.
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40
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Variety
Director John Milius does a nice job of setting up the initial story.... But for whatever reasons, [Schwarzenegger] has a minimum of dialog and fails to convey much about the character through his actions.
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30
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The New York Times Vincent Canby
Conan the Barbarian is an extremely long, frequently incoherent, ineptly staged adventure-fantasy set in a prehistoric past.
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30
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Chicago Reader Dave Kehr
Milius has nothing to say: this 1982 film only hints at the romantic heroics of "The Wind and the Lion" and has none of the personal quality of "Big Wednesday."
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10
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Time Richard Schickel
Conan is a sort of psychopathic Star Wars, stupid and stupefying.
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