Editing Metropolis (1927 film) (section)

===Later acclaim===
According to [[Roger Ebert]], "''Metropolis'' is one of the great achievements of the silent era, a work so audacious in its vision and so angry in its message that it is, if anything, more powerful today than when it was made."{{sfn|Ebert|1985|p=209}} [[Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide]]'s entry on the film reads, "Heavy going at times but startling set design and special effects command attention throughout."<ref>[[Leonard Maltin|Maltin, Leonard]] ed. (2005) ''[[Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide|Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2005]]'' New York: Plume. p.914 {{isbn|0-452-28592-5}}</ref>

[[Colin Greenland]] reviewed ''Metropolis'' for ''[[Imagine (game magazine)|Imagine]]'' magazine, and stated that "It's a measure of the sheer power of Lang's vision that it survives this heavy-handed cosmetic modernizing quite intact. Inspired by his first sight of Manhattan, Metropolis is a dark dream of the city of 2026, where the idle rich live in penthouses and play in rooftop pleasure gardens while the faceless workers toil in the machine caverns far, far below."<ref name="Imagine23">{{cite journal | last = Greenland|first = Colin |author-link=Colin Greenland| title =Fantasy Media  | type = review | journal = [[Imagine (AD&D magazine)|Imagine]] | issue = 23| pages =47 | publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=February 1985| issn = }}</ref>

The film has an approval rating of 97% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 126 reviews, with an average rating of 9.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A visually awe-inspiring science fiction classic from the silent era."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1013775_metropolis|title=Metropolis (1927)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref> In Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 98 out of 100 based on 14 critics, Indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Citation|title=Metropolis (re-release)|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/metropolis-re-release|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> It also ranked 12th in ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title =The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema|url = https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/ | publisher=empireonline.com |access-date =17 February 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151123004145/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/ |archive-date=23 November 2015}}</ref> The 2002 version was awarded the [[New York Film Critics Circle Awards]] "Special Award" for the restoration. In 2012, in correspondence with the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' Poll, the [[British Film Institute]] called ''Metropolis'' the 35th-greatest film of all time.<ref name="bfi"/> In the 2022 version of the poll, ''Metropolis'' fell slightly to 67th place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Greatest Films of All Time |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time |access-date=27 June 2023 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>

Lane Roth in ''[[Film Quarterly]]'' called it a "seminal film" because of its concerns with "profound impact technological progress has on man's social and spiritual progress" and concluded that "ascendancy of artifact over nature is depicted not as liberating man, but as subjugating and corrupting him".{{sfn|Roth|1978|p=342}} [[Martin Scorsese]] included it on a list of "39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openculture.com/2014/10/scorseses-list-of-39-essential-foreign-films.html |title=Martin Scorsese Creates a List of 39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker |publisher=Open Culture |date=15 October 2014 |access-date=1 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207201938/http://www.openculture.com/2014/10/scorseses-list-of-39-essential-foreign-films.html |archive-date=7 February 2015 }}</ref>

Exploring the dramatic production background and historical importance of the film's complex political context in ''[[The American Conservative]]'', film historian Cristobal Catalan suggests "Metropolis is a passionate call, and equally a passionate caution, for social change".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/metropolis-at-90-youll-never-see-a-movie-like-this-again|title= Metropolis at 90|magazine= American Conservative|access-date= 20 November 2017}}</ref> [[Peter Bradshaw]] noted that the ''Maschinenmensch'' based on Maria is "a brilliant eroticisation and fetishisation of modern technology".<ref>{{cite news|author=Bradshaw, Peter|author-link=Peter Bradshaw|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/09/metropolis-restored-film-review|title= Metropolis|newspaper= [[The Guardian]]|date=9 September 2010|access-date= 18 February 2016}}</ref>

The film was included by the Vatican in [[Vatican's list of films|a list of important films]] compiled in 1995, under the category of "Art".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.usccb.org/movies/vaticanfilms.shtml |title=Vatican Best Films List |work=Official website of the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops]] |access-date=20 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422064928/http://old.usccb.org/movies/vaticanfilms.shtml |archive-date=22 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>