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6.3 out of 10

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  • Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George
  • Summary: For 30 days every winter, the isolated town of Barrow, Alaska is plunged into a state of complete darkness. It's a bitter time when most of the inhabitants head south. This winter, a mysterious group of strangers appear: bloodthirsty vampires, ready to take advantage of the uninterrupted darkness to feed on the residents remaining in town. Barrow's Sheriff Eben, his estranged wife Stella, and an ever-shrinking group of survivors must do anything they can to last until daylight. (Columbia Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    80
    Decent vampire movies are few and far between, and I'm having a hard time remembering a recent one that impressed me like 30 Days of Night.
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    60
    Danny Huston is screamingly funny as the alternately finicky and savage Head Ghoul--he's like something spewed forth from the bowels of the Politburo. The problem is structural.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    Lighter on horror than it is on inadvertent humor.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 73
  3. Negative: 17 out of 73
  1. Lambo442
    10
    A superb movie in every way. Very surprised at some of the negative reviews. I really don;t see any flaws with it. The pacing is brilliant, with a great lead up to the arrival of the vampires, the acting is first class, the characters believable, there's blood, action, decapitations, dismemberments, and the cinematography is very expertly done. In my opinion this is one of the greatest horrors ever made. John Carpenter loved it - say no more.… Expand
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  2. ERG1008
    5
    Vampires come to Alaska taking advantage of "30 days of night" in the winter. The big problem for me is that the vampires really aren't scary but unintentionally funny. And the main one looks like Fat Boy Slim. If you said to a 10-year old "Be a scary vampire" they'd act like the vampires in this. Ironically the scariest vampire in it is a 10-year old. Bit silly all round really although some nice axe action.… Expand
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  3. ChadS.
    3
    Since the upper-reaches of Alaska is a sparsely populated region, these marauding vampires must be hunting cold climate animals for sustenance, in lieu of human flesh, human blood. Sea lions? Mincemeat. Walruses? Mincemeat. Penguins? Mincemeat. These vampires are so lightning quick, they could probably take down a polar bear. The bloodsucking Popsicles must be starving when they arrive at the outpost in "30 Days of Night", the latest of the new breed of vampire pics that seem closer in spirit to George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" than "Dracula". Some attention must be paid to "30 Days of Night" for trying to establish dread(it establishes tedium instead) with a methodical approach that is admirable, and welcome. "30 Days of Night" is not all sound and fury. The characters act accordingly to their surroundings(again, admirable), but muted behavior and whispered conversations in service of routine plotting and rote dialogue will induce REM sleep, not heart palpitations. Of course, there's violence. Of course, you have to kill in self-defense. But Sheriff Oleson(Josh Hartnett) kills with a little too much exuberance; five hacks with the ax, when four would suffice(the sheriff isn't satisfied until one vampire's head is completely detached), and the little vampire girl gets it real good in the throat. There's also the question as to how these vampires knew that the sun rarely shines in the Arctic. Did they read about it on the Internet?… Expand
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