Fierce Creatures
MCA/Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 24, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
SlateDavid Edelstein
Amounts to a pantheistic love-in: "A Fish Called Wanda" for vegetarians. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesJack Mathews
A charming mess with moments of hilarity. Read full review
50
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
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]
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
You leave Creatures with the unsettling sensation of being highly tickled yet greatly dissatisfied. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Kline stands out in the dual roles of the heartless tycoon and his playboy son. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Mostly a mess: toothless when it should be nasty, not so much madcap as merely frantic. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubMaria Schneider
Cute lemurs and a couple jabs at corporate a--holery can't save Fierce Creatures from its manic malaise. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
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. Read full review
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