Fresh
Amiably dorky redo.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Around the World in 80 Days
Let your imagination soar.
2004 · 2h · PG
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Directed by
Frank Coraci
Overview
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Director and cast
- Frank Coraci Director
- Jackie Chan as Passepartout / Lau Xing
- Cécile de France as Monique Laroche
- Robert Fyfe as Jean Michel
- Jim Broadbent as Lord Kelvin
- Will Forte as Policeman
- Mark Addy as Steamer Captain
- Steve Coogan as Phileas Fogg
- Kathy Bates as Queen Victoria
- Daniel Wu as Bak Mei
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Prince Hapi
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
32%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It was exactly what I expected and that's something I didn't really want to see.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Around the World in 80 Days is never as delightful and silly as it needs to be.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Rotten
The gags are physical but rarely funny.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Despite the rush to get everyone from place to place, director Frank Coraci luxuriates in colorful visual detail and gives the locals their due.
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
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