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Constantine (2005)

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Reviews Counted:207

Fresh:94

Rotten:113

Average Rating:5.5/10

Consensus: Despite solid production values and an intriguing premise, Constantine lacks the focus of another spiritual shoot-em-up, The Matrix.

Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: John Constantine has been to hell and back. Born with a gift he didn't want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin, Constantine... John Constantine has been to hell and back. Born with a gift he didn't want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin, Constantine (KEANU REEVES) was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision. But he failed. Resuscitated against his will, he found himself cast back into the land of the living. Now, marked as an attempted suicide with a temporary lease on life, he patrols the earthly border between heaven and hell, hoping in vain to earn his way to salvation by sending the devil's foot soldiers back to the depths. But Constantine is no saint. Disillusioned by the world around him and at odds with the one beyond, he's a hard-drinking, hard-living bitter hero who scorns the very idea of heroism. Constantine will fight to save your soul but he doesn't want your admiration or your thanks – and certainly not your sympathy. -- © Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton

Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Djimon Hounsou, Gavin Rossdale, Peter Stormare

Director: Francis Lawrence

Director: Francis Lawrence
Screenwriter: Kevin Brodbin, Frank Cappello
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner, Benjamin Melniker, Michael Uslan, Erwin Stoff, Akiva Goldsman
Composer: Brian Tyler, Klaus Badelt
Studio: Warner Bros.

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It's just sad that a movie ostensibly based on a frequently intelligent comic book should end up a no-brainer.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
08/22/08
Daniel Etherington
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film
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Entirely beyond redemption.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out
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While lacking the richness of its source material, it remains an enjoyable, immoral and sometimes beautifully Gothic tale.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
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A grab bag of bits from the whole demons-and-angels spectrum.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
04/05/05
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Sight and Sound

Lawrence directs with energy, humour and an amusing eye for bizarre details - such as the fact that Hell can be accessed via the judicious use of a cat and a puddle.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
04/02/05
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Sometimes dense and impenetrable, but it also contains an unusually thoughtful consideration of the difference between faith and belief.

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
03/20/05
Shay Casey
Shay Casey
FilmFocus

Constantine's incoherent plotting ruins the comicbook's frazzled, hard-bitten edge.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
03/08/05
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC
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A stylish energy sustains this film even when it begins to drift into draggy incoherence.

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02/27/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

The prime conceit of the movie is its gallows humor that seeps out like clotting blood from a decomposing corpse.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/18/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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10/18/08
Brian Lowry
Brian Lowry
Variety
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10/18/08
Joe Lozito
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Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
10/18/08
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer

Halfway through Constantine, a fully clad Keanu Reeves steps into a shallow pail of water, sits on a chair next to it and holds a cat in his lap.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
08/22/08
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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This film combines elements of comic book fantasy with horror to create an enjoyable brew - sort of a film noir version of The Exorcist, crossbred with the stylization of The Matrix.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/07/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

Peaks early, then descends into portentous nonsense.

Full Review Source: Newsweek | comment Comment
11/05/07
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek

While decidedly no one's idea of the John Constantine of the comics (who was originally modelled on Sting), Reeves acquits himself well enough.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

A kind of gothic guerilla warfare, with moody demonologist John Constantine caught in between.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
05/21/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

full review in Greek

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10/03/06
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Reeves, meanwhile, has confidently entered his self-parodic period.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
05/12/06
Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker
New York Magazine
 
 
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