Godzilla Critic Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

A big, ugly, ungainly device to give teenagers the impression they are seeing a movie.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

An expertly designed theme park ride of a movie that packs nonstop thrills.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

The script isn't just "dumbed down," it's lobotomized.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

An overblown action monstrosity with no surprises, no exhilaration and no thrills.Read the full review

Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Size really is about all that this tedious, underpopulated beanbag of an epic has going for it.Read the full review

The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites

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

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith PhippsAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Variety | Joe LeydonAdd Critic to Favorites

Despite all the flash and filigree, this monster movie is curiously -- and conspicuously -- lacking in heart.Read the full review

Washington Post | Rita KempleyAdd Critic to Favorites

Size vanquishes both substance and subtlety in the overhyped, half-cocked and humorless resurrection of dear old "Godzilla." Read the full review

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