Cronos Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 7 Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

Cronos surprises with its sophisticated and spirited look at a tale straight from the crypt. [22 Apr 1994]Read the full review

Washington Post | Richard HarringtonAdd Critic to Favorites

Cronos is a horror genre film about vampires - but one so well conceived and executed that it satisfies both mainstream and art-film expectations.Read the full review

The New York Times | Janet MaslinAdd Critic to Favorites

This film's reflective, even stately style elevates it from the ranks of ordinary stake-through-the-heart vampire dramaturgy, turning it into something much more exotic.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

An enormously enjoyable gothic yarn from Mexico, transfuses the genre with wry grotesquerie, but retains respect for the old, classic films.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

For all its absurdity Cronos generates a real moral conviction.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

Cronos is more concerned with ideas and atmosphere than people.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

The picture, which marks the debut of Mexican film maker Guillermo del Toro, is a dull hybrid - a ponderous art film crossed with a vampire story. [06 May 1994]Read the full review

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