Final Destination
Metascore
36 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 28 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 28
  3. Negative: 14 out of 28
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  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    40
    Flawed but often entertaining teen horror flick.
  2. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    50
    Fitfully thrilling.
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  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    Starts by cheating death and ends by cheating us.
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    50
    Disturbing--if less sophisticated than the best SF (science fiction)-horror TV.
  5. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Will no doubt be a hit and inspire the obligatory sequels.
  6. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Barbara Shulgasser
    38
    Meets the low standards of a mediocre TV movie.
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  7. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    30
    A waste of a decent premise.
  8. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    An unexpectedly alert teen-scream disaster chiller.
  9. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Sean Means
    40
    It's hard to root against Death when the people involved are never brought to life in the first place.
  10. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    30
    You'll definitely feel cheated -- especially when you keep on finding yourself thinking how Mulder and Scully would have handled it all.
  11. Film.com
    Reviewed by: John Hartl
    30
    You'll laugh, but you'll hate yourself by the time you're out of the theater.
  12. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    30
    Fails because it takes itself both too seriously and not seriously enough.
  13. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    A terrific theatrical feature debut for television veterans Glen Morgan and James Wong.
  14. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Phoebe Flowers
    25
    Stoops well below substituting style for substance.
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  15. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    12
    Crude and witless.
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  16. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    50
    A mediocre fright-fest.
  17. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    OK premise quickly deteriorates into a silly, badly acted slasher movie -- minus the slasher.
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  18. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: Robert Cashill
    20
    Final destination? Video store bins.
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  19. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Desmond Ryan
    38
    As full of terrible acting as it is devoid of suspense.
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  20. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    Playful and energized enough to keep an audience guessing.
  21. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    38
    Stupid.
  22. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    58
    So grim and humorless that the first half almost sinks into silliness.
  23. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    20
    Even by the crude standards of teenage horror, Final Destination is dramatically flat.
  24. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: Tom Cappello
    0
    Inane, irresponsible, immature, poorly written.
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  25. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    40
    Serviceable enough, if you come to it with sufficiently modest expectations.
  26. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    50
    Proudly stupid, silly and gory.
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  27. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    50
    Generates a respectable amount of suspense and takes a few unexpected turns while covering familiar territory.
  28. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    20
    Your own final destination just might be the box office, to demand your money back.

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User Score
6.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 31
  3. Negative: 5 out of 31
  1. grandpajoe6191
    6
    "Final Destination", a movie directed by James Wan, is your average, violent teenage "Saw" movie. Don't expect something like "Scream" or "Halloween".
  2. Official
    7
    An excellent creepy and violent movie. Has an interesting storyline and the deaths are very unexpected - they just pop up suddenly. It does lack some empathy. My score: 78/100… Full Review »
  3. GrahamM
    0
    Garbage, makes no sense, and is just moronic!
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