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Swordfish has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 07 Jun 2001
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By Chris Kaltenbach (562) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 29 Sep 2009
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Swordfish was released in 2001 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 661 reviews, giving Swordfish (2001) an average rating of 58%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 65%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 53%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Swordfish than critics were.
With a score of 58%, Swordfish is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Original Sin, The Mexican and Josie and the Pussycats.
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