Freddy vs. Jason Critic Reviews

So can Freddy beat up Jason, or what? Let's just say that neither one would have stood a chance against Abbott and Costello.Read the full review

The basic formula of iconic supernatural beings slaughtering plucky teenagers continues with even more graphic violence.Read the full review

Truth be told, the movie isn't among the worst sequels of this summer. Read the full review

Tremendous energy, outrageous humor, dazzling technical finesse -- and a numbing amount of violence, brutality, bloodshed and all-out savagery. It is downright depressing to think about all that vigorous cinematic artistry and expertise aimed so low. Read the full review

Considering what the filmmakers had to work with, and the fact that it has all been done before, Freddy Vs. Jason isn't bad. And sometimes not bad is almost good.Read the full review

Attempts none of the witty, provocative visual and metaphysical set pieces from any of the ''Nightmare'' movies. And it offers none of the real fright of the early ''Friday the 13th'' films. In fact, the movie is deeply, proudly unimaginative.Read the full review

The best way to sum up Freddy Vs. Jason is: good concept, mediocre execution. Read the full review

This dumb, only intermittently (though sometimes even intentionally) funny sequel presumes that since almost everything else from the 1980's has come back, why not the cynosures of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th" movies? Read the full review

A kind of cinematic analogue of the Iran-Iraq war: It's overlong, it's hard to tell which one's the bad guy, and it's filled with lots of senseless carnage on both sides. Read the full review