Constantine (2005) Critic Reviews

This adaptation of the graphic novel "Hellblazer" blazes few new trails and bogs down in a confusing narrative muddle.Read the full review

Keanu Reeves has no peer when it comes to playing these sort of messianic roles -- he infuses them with a Zen blankness and serenity that somehow gets him through even the unlikeliest scenes with a quiet, unassuming dignity.Read the full review

Tilda Swinton is the Angel Gabriel, adding a touch of high-class celestial cross-dressing to this overblown, overlong attempt - which falls just short of success - to make a movie dumber than "Van Helsing."Read the full review

Borderline incoherent, theologically unsatisfying, and short to the point of dwarfism on suspense.Read the full review

The relation between Constantine and its source material is, at best, superfluous.Read the full review

Much of Constantine simply portends.Read the full review

Constantine will appeal most strongly to those with a penchant for vivid cinematic comic book adaptations.Read the full review

Constantine is yet another studio extravaganza that's all aswirl with atmospherics, though empty at its center. The invasion of the soul snatchers proceeds apace.Read the full review

The movie is ornate, arbitrary, and fetishistic, too, with the added challenge of being hell to follow for those without access to crib notes. Intellectually, I can admire the emphasis on visual style over plot clarity.Read the full review