Gojira Critic Reviews

Godzilla is still the most awesome of tacky movie monsters.Read the full review

A definitive, low-tech stomping of every sci-fi clone that has sprung up in the original's wake.Read the full review

Why it works is anyone's guess. It's fair to argue--and the film makes this argument itself, with no great subtlety--that Godzilla embodies Japan's nuclear anxieties in the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Read the full review

The images are crisp. The story is restored. And there's no sign of Raymond Burr. Read the full review

Its images of the destruction of the cities is far more powerful than in American films, where the cities are trashed for the pure pleasure of destruction, without any real sense of human loss. Read the full review

Gojira is no masterpiece, but it has the power of a masterpiece: It's the most emotionally authentic fake monster movie ever made. Read the full review

A new restoration takes a flawed bit of monster camp and turns it back into a strong, serious-minded and occasionally moving science-fiction film. Read the full review

The arrival of the uncut Godzilla is a great boon to monster movie fans, but will have limited appeal to others. Read the full review