The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Critic Reviews

Has the distinction of being much dumber and pulpier than the comic book on which it's based -- the ink practically comes off on your fingers as you watch it.Read the full review

Just when it seems about to become a real corker of an adventure movie, plunges into incomprehensible action, idiotic dialogue, inexplicable motivations, causes without effects, effects without causes, and general lunacy. What a mess. Read the full review

The movie is based on a 1999 series of comic books by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, but the original tone of deadpan historical audacity has been replaced by a kind of wax-museum literalness.Read the full review

These guys have dumbed down a comic book. Read the full review

In a summer of high-octane action and testosterone-boosted thrills, this movie is out of its league. Read the full review

Except for Connery, who is every inch the lion in winter, nothing here feels authentic. Read the full review

It depicts the world of a century ago in a way that comments on the anxieties facing the world today, and it does so, at least for a while, with cleverness and a sense of fun.Read the full review

And you wait--and wait--for the magic of movies. Read the full review

Nothing anchors the lighter-than-air story as it drifts away under the direction of Stephen Norrington ("Blade") into an FX stratosphere where wit, character and vigorous storytelling cease to matter.Read the full review