| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longingo |
"A riveting fantasy film..." more... |
B+ |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...as murky and derivative-looking as the film is, it moves with an authority that pummels you into submission." more... |
C+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"It's so impossible to care about the characters in the movie that I didn't care if the vampires or werewolves won." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder |
"...too much story, too many angles." more... |
B- |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Anthony Breznican |
"Underworld is everything you hated about The Matrix Reloaded." more... |
D+ |
| E! Online |
"After awhile, it's difficult to tell the leather-clad, black-haired good guys from the leather-clad, black-haired bad guys..." more... |
C+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...Beckinsale delivers even if Underworld doesn't quite manage to follow through on its initial promise." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman |
"Surprisingly diverting." more... |
C |
New York Times
Anita Gates |
"...achieves only loudness, aggressive confusion and one of the silliest head-splittings in film history." more... |
D+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Underworld captured my attention sporadically, but not consistently." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Vampires breeding with werewolves. Sounds hot, but it so isn't." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"Underworld could use script transfusion, or at least a few quarts of levity." more... |
C- |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...the film works as an exhilarating celebration of the gothic style." more... |
B |
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