It's good production values, interesting story and characters are perfectly fine for Genre fans but for everyone else an instantly forgettable experience.
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02/18/05
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... [More]
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton
Director: Francis Lawrence
Reviews for Constantine
141 - 160 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
A movie like Constantine is a huge undertaking. ... This is a vast canvas encompassing two worlds. It cries out for an experienced director, not a first-timer.
02/18/05
Muddled to say the least… although at least it's more interesting than anything in Hellboy or Van Helsing.
02/18/05
Constantine is one of those excruciatingly awful movies where you check your watch every few minutes hoping the agony will soon end.
02/18/05
Gives a gothic, grotesque twist to "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
02/18/05
At a time when big-budget movies are focus-grouped and diluted into oblivion, Constantine dares to dream.
02/17/05
Constantine forces us to make giant leaps of faith over its gaping holes in logic and plot. And unfortunately, we fall quick and hard.
02/17/05
If its dark-heartedness is sometimes counterfeit, Constantine still scores courtesy of its convincing comic book milieu.
02/17/05
An intriguing, eye-popping and sometimes downright startling slice of pulp science fiction.
02/17/05
While structured like a traditional fantasy action film, Constantine only manages to be truly exciting maybe twice during the running time.
02/17/05
Add Constantine to the list of movies that took comic-book concepts, but left the soul on the page.
02/17/05
[I]n no way a great movie, [it's] a serviceable take on the property that manages to be both appallingly liberal with and nicely faithful to the character.
02/17/05
Constantine waves rotted meat in front of the rabid dogs of both comic books and religion, but mostly just manages to hack off any moviegoer that enters its hallowed doors.
02/17/05
A good horror-noir roller coaster ride...
02/17/05
The storyline, despite the best efforts of everyone involved, just isn't engaging, primarily because it's so ludicrous (unreasonably so).
02/17/05
A good enough movie to make you forget, most of the time, how truly dreadful Reeves' stilted, monotonous delivery is.
02/17/05
Here’s hoping that Keanu Reeves begins to get a bit of respect with Constantine, and that Francis Lawrence doesn’t get sold short for doing a tentpole film.
02/17/05
The film is chock full of pleasures... perhaps too many for its own good.
02/17/05
Man’s interpretation of God is so often ground for war or denial of personal responsibility, it’s nice to see it used for good entertainment as well.
02/17/05
The definition of a mixed bag, Constantine has the potential to both grasp your attention and lull you to complacency.
02/17/05
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