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62 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    100
    A wildly funny sex farce that smartly combines big-time silliness with sophisticated wit.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leonard Klady
    90
    A hilarious farce.
  3. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Barbara Shulgasser
    88
    Amazing comic performances...give this comedy its lovely manic pace, kept just within the realm of sanity.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    80
    The real fun here comes from watching Mr. Kline bounding through two archly good performances, Mr. Cleese coming hilariously unstrung in the presence of Ms. Curtis and all those adorable animals.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    80
    Combining the gentle with the vulgar as only the English can, this lively comedy is bursting with character and energy.
  6. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    78
    Inspired lunacy.
  7. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    75
    It's still a lot of fun, and I welcome any film that keeps me entertained for nearly the entire running length.
  8. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Scott Rosenberg
    70
    Mostly smart enough to stick to pure farce and let its animals take care of their own rights. It's a charming diversion, and it treads lightly even when it has something weightier on its mind.
  9. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Andy Klein
    70
    A lovely little comedy that--like its predecessor--will, one hopes, buck the odds and find its audience.
  10. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    70
    This good-natured movie is very much in the spirit of those ancient comedies from Ealing Film Studios in which nice, silly people defend some enclave of old-fashioned sanity against the forces of brute modernism. [27 January 1997, p. 68]
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  11. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    63
    With this cast, you are guaranteed moments of inspired lunacy. It's still fun watching Cleese get caught with his pants down. But the material seems familiar and overworked.
  12. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    63
    Doesn't quite click.
  13. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    60
    A charming mess with moments of hilarity.
  14. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    60
    Amounts to a pantheistic love-in: "A Fish Called Wanda" for vegetarians.
  15. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Kline stands out in the dual roles of the heartless tycoon and his playboy son.
  16. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    50
    The "nonsequel" that regathers the inspired loonies who scaled the heights of giddy anarchy in 1988's "A Fish Called Wanda," is a different comic species. [24 January 1997, p. 3D]
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  17. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    50
    Mostly a mess: toothless when it should be nasty, not so much madcap as merely frantic.
  18. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    50
    You leave Creatures with the unsettling sensation of being highly tickled yet greatly dissatisfied.
  19. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    40
    Things quickly degenerate into a series of juvenile jokes about flatulence and bosoms, and by the end the cast is reduced to frantically manhandling a corpse for yucks. Not funny.
  20. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Maria Schneider
    40
    Cute lemurs and a couple jabs at corporate a--holery can't save Fierce Creatures from its manic malaise.
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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. lususgreene
    8
    Much funnier than "A fish called Wanda". This movie is a hidden gem. This movie has a great Python esk script and is well acted. I went out of my way to find this one on DVD and still watch it and laugh about once a year. What more do you want out of a movie?… Full Review »
  2. ashleyr.
    10
    Very comedic That is a sheer delight for anyone who is able to appreciate the simple joy and please that a cute family film can bestow on the mind.
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