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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

US 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... 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 occasionally cheesy, sometimes enjoyable, intermittently scary, and constantly spiked with celestial blatherskite.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
01/17/06
Sydney Morning Herald
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Though I have a soft spot for Keanu Reeves there’s no denying this is one of his worst performances... sounding dopier than usual.

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02/21/05
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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
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
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10/18/08
Brian Lowry
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10/18/08
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10/18/08
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer

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

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

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
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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

Entirely beyond redemption.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out
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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

While lacking the richness of its source material, it remains an enjoyable, immoral and sometimes beautifully Gothic tale.

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04/01/06
Empire Magazine
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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.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
02/07/06
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

Slightly better than your run-of-the-mill late winter horror film.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Pete Vonder Haar
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat

Virtually anyone but Reeves would have made a better John Constantine.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
Tasha Robinson
Tasha Robinson
AV Club
 
 
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