1900 is a colossal bore, too long, too ambitious, too heavy-going, too uneven, too banal and the pulp-like drama brings about too few scenes that aren’t weighed down by either details or abstractions for its more striking powerful scenes and its magnificent visual splendor and its heartfelt emotions to win the day. — Dennis Schwartz

Movie-lovers ought to see it just for the experience of seeing how a film can go wrong. There are some memorable scenes between the grotesque ones. — metalluk

A fabulous wreck. — Frank Rich