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===Critical response=== On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 72 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "For visceral thrills, it can't be beat. Just don't expect ''The Rock'' to engage your brain."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1072011-rock/ |title= The Rock |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date= November 24, 2013 |access-date= June 15, 2022 |archive-date= July 26, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200726153313/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1072011-rock |url-status= live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-rock |website=Metacritic |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308005303/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-rock |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= ROCK, THE |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] awarded the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, praising it as "a first-rate, slam-bang action thriller with a lot of style and no little humor".<ref>{{cite web |date=June 7, 1996 |title=The Rock Movie Review & Film Summary (1996) |author-link=Roger Ebert |first=Roger |last=Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-rock-1996 |website=www.rogerebert.com |access-date=January 31, 2018 |archive-date=January 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201211/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-rock-1996 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave the film a positive review, commenting "The yarn has its share of gaping holes and jaw-dropping improbabilities, but director Michael Bay sweeps them all aside with his never-take-a-breath pacing."<ref>{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |title=Review: 'The Rock' |url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-rock-2-1200446070/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=June 3, 1996 |access-date=November 24, 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203073517/http://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-rock-2-1200446070/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Richard Corliss]], writing for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', wrote: "Slick, brutal and almost human, this is the team-spirit action movie ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' should have been."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |title=Cinema: Good Rockin': Finally, summer has a smart, almost human action movie |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984679,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=November 24, 2013 |date=June 10, 1996 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000619/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984679,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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