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===Critical response=== {{Further|List of accolades received by The Matrix film series}} On review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Matrix Revolutions'' holds an approval rating of 33% based on 215 reviews and an average rating of 5.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A disappointing conclusion to the ''Matrix'' trilogy as characters and ideas take a back seat to the special effects."<ref name=rt>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix_revolutions/ |title=The Matrix Revolutions (2003) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=March 7, 2025 |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916234329/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix_revolutions |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted average]] score of 47 out of 100 based on 41 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-matrix-revolutions |title=The Matrix Revolutions Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705061555/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-matrix-revolutions |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, a grade down from the "B+" earned by the previous film and two grades down from the "Aβ" earned by the first film, therefore the second lowest grade earned by a film in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Matrix" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413083139/https://www.cinemascore.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Some critics criticized the film for being [[Anti-climax (narrative)|anticlimactic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2003/11/time-to-pull-the-plug-on-the-matrix.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711065854/http://slate.msn.com/id/2090753 |archive-date=July 11, 2010 |title=Time to pull the plug on The Matrix. | author = David Edelstein | work = [[Slate Magazine]] |date=July 27, 2010 |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Mike |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-11-04-matrix-review_x.htm |title=β 'The Matrix Revolutions': This big finish isn't The One |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=November 4, 2003 |access-date=July 11, 2012 |archive-date=June 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621232753/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-11-04-matrix-review_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, some critics regard the film as less philosophically ambiguous than its predecessor, ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Scott Foundas |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2003-11-13/film-tv/the-more-the-murkier/ |title=LA Weekly β Film+TV β The More the Murkier β Scott Foundas β The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles |work=LA Weekly |publisher=Laweekly.com |date=November 6, 2003 |access-date=July 11, 2012 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104081829/http://www.laweekly.com/2003-11-13/film-tv/the-more-the-murkier/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/bal-to.matrix05nov05,0,2967920.story?coll=bal-artslife-movies |title=''Baltimore Sun'': 'The Matrix Revolutions' makes it a little easier to believe |date=May 6, 2004 |access-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040506234616/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/bal-to.matrix05nov05%2C0%2C2967920.story?coll=bal-artslife-movies |archive-date=May 6, 2004}}</ref> Critics had difficulty finding closure pertaining to events from ''The Matrix Reloaded'', and were generally dissatisfied.<ref>[http://ae.charlotte.com/entertainment/ui/charlotte/movie.html?id=99386&reviewId=13608&startDate=11%2F05%2F2003 'Matrix:' Neo-nonsense]{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E1D91F30F936A35752C1A9659C8B63 Movie Review|'The Matrix Revolutions': The Game Concludes With Light and Noise<!-- Bot generated title -->], archived at {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111162937/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E1D91F30F936A35752C1A9659C8B63 |date=November 11, 2012 }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three stars out of four, despite offering criticisms of his own, on the grounds that it at least provided closure to the story well enough so that fans following the series would prefer seeing it as to not.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-matrix-revolutions-2003|title=The Matrix Revolutions Review | author=Roger Ebert | publisher=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date=November 5, 2003 | access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref>
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