| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"...it can be good cheesy fun." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Eight Legged Freaks is clever and funny..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...just another giant spider movie -- with some clever twists and funny jokes to enliven the cliches." more... |
C+ |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...a guilty pleasure." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"...for a campy 'n' creepy good time, this flick's got your number." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
David Levine |
"...lackluster..." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"The trouble is, its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through." more... |
C |
Los Angeles Times
Gene Seymour |
"...fulfills your giant bug movie needs with an agreeable blend of shtick and stickiness." more... |
B |
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman |
"...a real pleasure in its laid-back way." more... |
B- |
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell |
"...awkward, obvious and sporadically — very sporadically — amusing..." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"If you go to Eight Legged Freaks expecting anything but a campy, cheesy romp, then you have wandered into the wrong theater." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel |
"...this movie has a smart mix of things going for it..." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"It entertains with laughs, gasps, gooey spectacle and a bemused sense of fun." more... |
B |
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez |
"The pulse of the film feels entirely too modern while the satire is played so low that it might as well be nonexistent." more... |
C |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...the movie isn't tough to take as long as you've paid a matinee price." more... |
C |
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