It's occasionally cheesy, sometimes enjoyable, intermittently scary, and constantly spiked with celestial blatherskite.
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Constantine (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 208
Fresh: 95
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
Theatrical Release: Feb 18, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $75,500,759
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 (KEANU REEVES) was driven to take his own life... [More]
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton
Director: Francis Lawrence
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Reviews for Constantine
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top Critic Though I have a soft spot for Keanu Reeves there’s no denying this is one of his worst performances... sounding dopier than usual.
02/21/05
Top Critic
It's just sad that a movie ostensibly based on a frequently intelligent comic book should end up a no-brainer.
08/22/08
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.
08/22/08
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.
07/07/08
While decidedly no one's idea of the John Constantine of the comics (who was originally modelled on Sting), Reeves acquits himself well enough.
07/30/07
A kind of gothic guerilla warfare, with moody demonologist John Constantine caught in between.
05/21/07
Top Critic While lacking the richness of its source material, it remains an enjoyable, immoral and sometimes beautifully Gothic tale.
04/01/06
Top Critic A little too muddled and erratically paced to command much interest. While some of the effects are cleverly worked-up, the picture seems more often to be on CGI autopilot.
02/07/06
Virtually anyone but Reeves would have made a better John Constantine.
09/26/05
"Constantine" isn't about the people of the story and only uses the story as a reason to blow things up.
08/07/05
Constantine does generate some mid-level amusement and F/X interest in the epic battle it's based on, but has very little to show for it once the final credits role.
07/29/05
simplified and predictable plot that uses every pseudo-religious cliche imaginable
07/26/05
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August 01, 2007:
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