Angels & Demons
Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 36 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 36
  3. Negative: 3 out of 36
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    38
    Astonishingly, Angels & Demons IS the same sort of lumbering mediocrity.
  2. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    38
    Of course, the problem with Angels & Demons is that to get to the final 40 minutes, it's necessary to endure the first 90, and that would be defined as cruel and unusual punishment.
  3. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: David Denby
    30
    Brown and now Ron Howard have added an incendiary element to trash--open hostility toward the Catholic Church.

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User Score
6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 173 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 91
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 91
  3. Negative: 27 out of 91
  1. ShannonO
    3
    The book was fantastic. As a born and raised Catholic myself, I take no offense because the underlying message is that God is real. The movie, however, was an atrocity. Not only did it ignore many key elements of the book, most of what I saw was wrong. It did not stay true to the book in the least. I can see leaving out some elements in the essence of time, but Langon's character was far too quick to believe the Illuminati were re-born; he was not summoned by the Vatican, he was summoned by CERN; Ms Vettra did not find her father, nor did she ever see her father's body; the Camerlango held a completely different role and even switched positions on some decisions from the book to the movie... Need I go on? I was so disgusted in the first 5 minutes that I had to walk out of the room.… Full Review »
  2. Tss5078
    9
    Angels Demons is the sequel to the Da Vinci Code, and while it's generally said that Da Vinci Code was better, I disagree. When Da Vinci Code came out, I had just seen National Treasure, and there were so many similarities, that I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have. Angels Demons does what every sequel aspires to do. It takes the characters we like and puts them in a similar but different story. Tom Hanks is once again terrific, bringing an intensity that few others can match. Following the clues lost in time and the twists and turns thrown in by writer, Dan Brown, Angels Demons is most defiantly a sequel that lives up to the first one and also gives you something to talk about. What else could you ask for?… Full Review »
  3. imthenoob
    6
    More action packed the the first film and just as enjoyable imo. Rather suspensful as well. It just doesn't have what made the first film so good though and that's what hurts it imo. Still a solid film though.… Full Review »
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