| 100 |
TNT RoughCut
David Poland
About as much pure fun as you'll have in a movie theater this summer.
|
| 75 |
Boston Globe
A ton of fun, and then some.
|
| 75 |
Entertainment Weekly
Lands on an imaginative fault line somewhere between tackiness and awe.
|
| 63 |
Chicago Tribune
This is camp, pure and simple, and unless the translators have taken far greater liberties than is apparent, the filmmakers know it.
|
| 63 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
An enjoyable throwback to the way monster movies used to be made.
|
| 63 |
New York Post
Heck, it's great to have the big guy back.
|
| 58 |
Portland Oregonian
Amusing, funny (intentionally and unintentionally -- it's dubbed, so many lines come out ludicrous) and, by the ending, exciting.
|
| 50 |
Chicago Reader
For all the high-tech allusions and middle-tech illusions, the movie--the 23rd in an immortal series--draws its power from its grittiness and unresolved allegory.
|
| 50 |
TV Guide
Fans won't want to miss this addition to the canon.
|
| 50 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Its one saving grace is Godzilla himself, the James Bond of giant monsters.
|
| 50 |
USA Today
May be dull, but the familiarity of it all makes it feel ceremonial, a reassuring ritual.
|
| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
A strange mix of the campy, at least in the English dubbing, and the awesome.
|
| 50 |
Slate
It's fun to see.
|
| 50 |
Village Voice
Mark Holcomb
Offers some interesting twists for connoisseurs.
|
| 50 |
Baltimore Sun
Ron Dicker
Gives aficionados what they want and is surprisingly kid-friendly.
|
| 50 |
LA Weekly
Chuck Stephens
Dumb, fun, out of this world.
|
| 40 |
Austin Chronicle
It's all pretty goofy, which I assume is the point, but it's also pretty dull.
|
| 40 |
Variety
A classically low-tech monster mash.
|
| 40 |
Los Angeles Times
Another traditional Japanese production, weakly plotted, woodenly acted and indifferently dubbed.
|
| 40 |
Film.com
Has its dull spots, and is unintentionally laugh-out-loud funny at times -- but isn't that what we expect?
|
| 25 |
New York Daily News
For devout fans of the greenish monster and for those looking to shoot fish in a barrel.
|
| 10 |
Washington Post
Godzilla, go home.
|
| 5 |
Mr. Showbiz
Brand-new and uproariously unimproved.
|
