Enjoyable, but now basically a footnote to the TV series.
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10/15/07
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:11
Rotten:23
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Buffy is the bubbly blonde reincarnation of all those fearless vampire slayers of yore--or so she is told one day by a mysterious old man in a trench coat. Against her better judgment, she follows... [More]
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Reviews for Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Top CriticQuite why Perry, as romantic interest, is still trying to convince peopel he is of high school age remains a mystery.
10/15/07
Top CriticUnfocused stuff, pitched at undemanding teenagers.
06/24/06
Top CriticBarely watchable.
02/28/02
A fun movie; so much better than it has to be and so much better than you expect it to be.
01/01/00
The direction is downright bad, and the storyline really doesn't help much, but all of this is made up in spades with one of the most finely crafted formula scripts courtesy of Josh Whedon.
01/01/00
...most of the way it feels like a padded TV skit.
01/01/00
The jokes are pretty good, the premise is just off-the-wall enough to keep you tittering.
01/01/00
Flat comedy/horror flick that barely scratches the level of mediocrity in either genre.
01/01/00
Grease in the 80s... with Vampires. Ugh.
11/02/04
A film that bears the earmarks of having been made from the first draft of a script, then edited by someone who was not interested in the material.
01/01/00
A slight, good-humored film that's a lot more painless than might have been expected.
05/20/03
Top CriticA bloodless comic resurrection of the undead that goes serious just when it should get wild and woolly.
10/15/07
Top CriticJoss Whedon's script has some fun with Valley talk (both genuine and ersatz) but strains to sell the story.
10/15/07
Buffy the Vampire Slayer has a promising title and some good ideas, but fails to deliver the goods.
03/23/03
The second half feels stretched out and muddled, as if screenwriter Joss Whedon drove a stake through his script.
01/01/00
As a friend tells Buffy while she eyes a fashion purchase, 'It's so five minutes ago.'
05/12/01
This pallid crossbreeding of vampire horror with Valley Girl vamping has no surprises.
10/15/07
Top CriticAmusing trifle, notable chiefly for Paul Reubens' performance.
12/11/02
My favorite TV show is Buffy, I still can't believe it came from this horrible movie.
11/19/03
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