| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...hustles us from one frenetically-shot sequence to the next without pausing for breath; it feels like a highlight reel for a film we never get to see." more... |
C- |
Chicago Tribune
Kelley L. Carter |
"...it does a decent, passable job of adding to the canon of kid-lit flicks." more... |
B- |
E! Online
Chris Farnsworth |
"Powering through this story on an Xbox would be far more fun." more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber |
"Kid saves the world while audiences fight to stay awake." more... |
C- |
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust |
"...loses much in translation to screen from the young-adult fantasy series." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"The fantasy hero of The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising seeks a magnificent, other worldly, elusive prize: one-tenth of Harry Potter's audience." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis |
"...stilted..." more... |
D+ |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"...a mostly entertaining movie with built-in appeal to young audiences." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Gianni Truzzi |
"...packs plenty of action..." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...starts out with promise but staggers under the weight of trying to take on too much." more... |
C |
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