It's occasionally cheesy, sometimes enjoyable, intermittently scary, and constantly spiked with celestial blatherskite.
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01/17/06
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... [More]
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton
Director: Francis Lawrence
Reviews for Constantine
1 - 20 (sorted by rotten rating; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticThough 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
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04/29/09
Entirely beyond redemption.
06/24/06
Top CriticKeanu Reeves plays a haunted, expressionless traveler in an overblown theological thriller based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer.
02/17/05
Top CriticThere may be a special room in Hell for such filmmakers, but it’s the audience that suffers the agonies of the damned by having to sit through it.
02/08/05
..outside of some nice cinematography, Constantine has few of The Matrix’s virtues.
04/07/05
This movie will satisfy Reeves fans in search for a good-looking action flick.
02/18/05
It just so happens that I always had a theory on how to visit hell, too: Sit in a chair and watch a Keanu Reeves movie.
05/06/05
(Constantine) fails to capture the imagination. It is what it is, a cinematic comic book.
02/18/05
It's sort of like The Matrix minus all the cool stuff.
02/17/05
Unintentionally hilarious theological mumbo-jumbo which boils down to "The Passion of the Keanu."
02/19/05
I'd argue that Constantine could be watched with the scenes rearranged in any order and still make sense, like episodes of The Simpsons.
03/31/05
While structured like a traditional fantasy action film, Constantine only manages to be truly exciting maybe twice during the running time.
02/17/05
In the end, Constantine is an intense theme park ride into the abyss of Hell -- for no reason other than to feel the heat.
02/18/05
Keanu Reeves brings a gravity to John Constantine that makes Neo -- his cheerless character in the Matrix movies -- now appear to be the height of the actor's madcap Jerry Lewis period. Hey Hayyyy-deees!
02/17/05
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