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Elektra (2005)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C-
Source Brief Review Grade*
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend
"Jennifer Garner kicks butt..." more... B-
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
"...the only difference between Garner's new movie and her four-year-old television show is that the movie is boring." more... C-
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"...plays like a collision between leftover bits and pieces of Marvel superhero stories." more... C  
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
"...a spectacular comic book heroine movie that quickly turns into a spectacular dud." more... C-
E! Online "...hardly electric." more... C  
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell
"...can't even stay consistent with the lackluster film that inspired it." more... C-
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
"... a ponderously inert, disjointed drag that's anything but live action." more... D+
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
"Hardly Elektra-fying." more... C-
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
"...dreary..." more... D  
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"Garner has difficulty carrying this movie, although the weakness of the script could be part of the reason." more... C+
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"...awful..." more... D  
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
"...plays like a self-important, humorless rip-off of Kill Bill." more... C-
USA Today
Claudia Puig
"...silly..." more... C+
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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