Godzilla Critic Reviews
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An expertly designed theme park ride of a movie that packs nonstop thrills.Read the full review
Despite all the flash and filigree, this monster movie is curiously -- and conspicuously -- lacking in heart.Read the full review
There are some clever and exciting sequences, but this $120 million epic of reconstituted Atomic Age trash lumbers more than it thrills.Read the full review
Godzilla is so clumsily structured it feels as if it's two different movies stuck together with an absurd stomping finale glued onto the end.Read the full review
Size really is about all that this tedious, underpopulated beanbag of an epic has going for it.Read the full review
A big, ugly, ungainly device to give teenagers the impression they are seeing a movie.Read the full review
The script isn't just "dumbed down," it's lobotomized.Read the full review
An overblown action monstrosity with no surprises, no exhilaration and no thrills.Read the full review
The makers of Godzilla obviously devoted so much manpower and time and energy and money to the admittedly fabulous special effects that they apparently had no budget left over for actors. Read the full review
While the special effects are impressive, countless films have already proven that if you sink enough money into a project, you can at least make it look good. Unfortunately, good looks are all Godzilla has going for it.Read the full review