Elektra (2005) Critic Reviews

Elektra isn't half-bad--only maybe two-fifths.Read the full review

Elektra proves no more than fitfully satisfying, a character-driven superhero yarn whose flurry of last-minute rewriting shows in a disjointed plot.Read the full review

Her (Garner) grace and mystical abilities make for a lonely burden, and we are supposed to feel her pain. Instead, we feel our own for having to sit through this silly movie.Read the full review

The role needs a steely, inhuman reserve, and Garner's innate likeability works against her.Read the full review

One of the least effective comic book-to-movie stories to have come along in the past few years. Without a viable screenplay, there's nowhere for the character to go, and no way to avoid making her look silly.Read the full review

No fun at all.Read the full review

No question, the film's best special effect is Ms. Garner, especially when she's in costume.Read the full review

Plays like a collision between leftover bits and pieces of Marvel superhero stories. It can't decide what tone to strike.Read the full review

Just as all regular models can't be supermodels, so all action chicks can't be superheroines. Elektra Natchios turns out to be walled off rather than mysteriously alluring; blank rather than deep.Read the full review