Urban Legend Critic Reviews

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Based upon 9 Critic Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

The film is competently made, and the attractive cast emotes and screams energetically.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

Proficiently filmed and utterly uninspired.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Bob HeislerAdd Critic to Favorites

A low-voltage drive-in movie, made strictly by the book.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

With each death, the film becomes less interesting. By the end, it's just a routine slasher flick with a too-predictable final "twist."Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

A premise so rock-solid, so guaranteed to please, that it almost doesn't matter that the movie is otherwise a routine slasher, and not a particularly scary one. Read the full review

The New York Times | Anita GatesAdd Critic to Favorites

Maybe there will be an oversaturation of ''Scream''-inspired horror films someday soon, but this one feels fresh. Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

Urban Legend has an undeniably clever premise, which plays on a sort of cultural mythology shared by the filmmakers and the ostensibly media-savvy audience, but it fails to do anything interesting with it. Read the full review

Variety | Lael LoewensteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Before long, however, the suspense becomes repetitious and predictable. In its denouement, the film breaks faith with its audience, violating credibility in an attempt to deliver a surprise villain.Read the full review

Washington Post | Michael O'SullivanAdd Critic to Favorites

It's no worse than any number of other cookie-cutter slasher flicks geared for the slightly post-pubescent market.Read the full review

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