| 78 |
Austin Chronicle
It's smart; it's silly; it's – kill me now – shear terror.
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| 75 |
Portland Oregonian
It manages the weird feat of making a flock of sheep bounding across a meadow seem vaguely menacing.
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| 75 |
Premiere
Eric Alt
You'll laugh, you'll groan, you'll never buy wool again.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Never very frightening, but it's clever and fun, with a memorable amount of humor and gore.
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| 75 |
TV Guide
Horror buffs in search of a fresh take on the usual grue should embrace it wholeheartedly.
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| 70 |
Los Angeles Times
Sam Adams
The cast, including Tammy Davis as a handyman and Glenis Levestam as a housekeeper with a taste for innards, hits its marks flawlessly, even when the material isn't first-rate. Like "Shaun of the Dead," Black Sheep is at once exhilarating and self-deprecating, knowledgeable without being fannish, clever but not too clever.
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| 70 |
Village Voice
Jim Ridley
The cartoonish overkill that often makes Black Sheep a hoot proves wearying over an entire movie: The broad comedy and one-note characters eventually cancel out the horror, leaving elaborate set pieces that are more frantic than funny.
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| 70 |
The Hollywood Reporter
A giddily subversive addition to the age-old cinema tradition of the horror comedy.
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| 70 |
Variety
Jay Weissberg
Endearingly amusing horror pic.
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| 70 |
Salon.com
Jolly good fun.
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| 70 |
The New York Times
Once you have seen a sheep munching on a bloody human leg, you may think twice about your next leg of lamb. On the other hand maybe you'll be inspired to seek vengeance. To provoke one of these responses -- vegetarianism or a defiant meat eating -- may be the point of this odd, amusing film.
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| 63 |
New York Daily News
Both the humor and horror are as broad as the side of the Oldfields' barn, but King and the cast are clearly having fun.
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| 63 |
New York Post
This is a one-joke skit that trots in a straight line, and your enjoyment of it will depend entirely on how many times you need to see gonzo sheep rip out human entrails.
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| 50 |
Film Threat
Unfortunately, Black Sheep takes so long to get going and misses so many easy opportunities for classic comedy it has to be regarded as a noble failure.
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| 50 |
The Onion (A.V. Club)
The gold standard for the modern monster movie remains "Tremors," which combines genuine thrills with clever plot twists and distinctive characters. By contrast, Black Sheep has a bunch of one-note living jokes running around willy-nilly while being chased by killer sheep.
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| 50 |
Chicago Tribune
I did like seeing the (fakey-looking) sheep take flying neck-high leaps at various human throats, in scenes recalling the killer rabbit in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." And I enjoyed the Kiwi dialects. And I suspect King's next film will be better.
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| 30 |
Chicago Reader
Stunning vistas of New Zealand's rolling countryside aren't enough to carry this lame 2006 horror spoof.
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