The Thirteenth Floor

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The Thirteenth Floor

R

Released May 28, 1999

1h 40m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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A man awakens to discover a bloody shirt in his house and his boss murdered the night before. Did he do it? Why can't he remember? "The Thirteenth Floor" is a sci-fi thriller that explores the ominous possibility of computer-simulated universes, where people only believe they are real.

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Critics Consensus

Bad script and confusing plot undermine the movie's impressive visuals.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: D

Sep 7, 2011

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Globe and Mail

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 25, 2003

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Barbara Shulgasser

Chicago Tribune

Thirteenth Floor tries to be complex but is merely confusing.

Jan 1, 2000

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Kevin Carr

Fat Guys at the Movies

Some neat ideas are in there, but they drown in melodrama. This would have stood a better chance if it wasn’t released in the shadow of The Matrix.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 3, 2024

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

With its focus on psychological thrills instead of action, it becomes more about theories than visuals, allowing the creativity to overcome the shortcomings in execution.

Rated: 7/10

Sep 25, 2020

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Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

It's an effective noir thriller that keeps you, if not on the edge of your seat, at least curious about what might happen next.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 2, 2014

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Richard W

This is a great movie ,fantastic actors ,great storyline ,extremely confused by the critics ,I'm seeing this way to often how the critics bash it ,but the audience likes it ,one of my more favorite movies ,please give this sci fi a chance the critics are wrong !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/26/24

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Charles S

Kind of cool surreal atmosphere, but the acting is pretty wooden and it doesn't help the characters are written pretty silly

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/24/24

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Sparky K

Don't understand the critics' negative reviews on this one. Very stylish, very intriguing right till the end. A good ‘proper' sci-fi film!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/24

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David G

I've only just watched The Thirteenth Floor for the first time (almost 25 years after it was first released...crikey!). In the main, I can't understand the reviews from the critics, giving the film only 28% on the Tomatometer. I found the film to be entertaining, keeping my interest throughout, with some neat plot twists, very good acting, and a really good pacing & script. Also, the scenes were excellently portrayed, in my opinion. OK, the plot twists aren't the most original, but certainly, I still found them surprising. A lot of people, including both critics and audience in their reviews, mentioned a complicated/complex storyline, but I found it to be logical and well-presented. All in all, a sci-fi film well worth watching, in my opinion and the reasons given, I can recommend it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/24

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Richard L

A fairly decent skeleton of a story told at a glacial pace without much to look at or chew on (the obvious twist will be clear to anyone within the first 30 minutes) and then flies off the rails when it makes up some additional rules in the last 20 minutes. Poor acting and uninteresting camerawork perfectly complement the bland script.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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Steve D

The twists are just ridiculous.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/23/23

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Synopsis

A man awakens to discover a bloody shirt in his house and his boss murdered the night before. Did he do it? Why can't he remember? "The Thirteenth Floor" is a sci-fi thriller that explores the ominous possibility of computer-simulated universes, where people only believe they are real.

Director: Josef Rusnak
Producer: Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, Marco Weber
Screenwriter: Daniel F. Galouye, Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Centropolis Film Productions
Rating: R (Violence|Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 28, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.8M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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