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02/19/05
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
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
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticKeanu Reeves is -- let me just get this off my chest -- very good.
02/19/05
You can just picture the meeting: A few guys in Prada suits sit around an L.A. boardroom table going, 'The Matrix meets The Exorcist, huh . . .? With Keanu? I like it. No wait - I love it.'
02/19/05
Reeves's performances is nuanced and offers multi layers of character that we've not ever seen from him.
02/19/05
A solid if less-than-satisfying popcorn movie.
02/19/05
Trying to effectively depict hell is a daunting task, but director Lawrence and production designer Shohan manage to do more than a decent and credible job of it.
02/19/05
Constantine is no Hellblazer, but if you can get past that, it's a fun little film worth the price of admission.
02/19/05
All style, close to zero substance.
02/19/05
Unintentionally hilarious theological mumbo-jumbo which boils down to "The Passion of the Keanu."
02/19/05
'Interesting and intelligent, if dark and sometimes murky theologically.'
02/19/05
It'll work well for comic fans and goth kids, but may work best as a rental for everyone else.
02/19/05
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02/18/05
Top CriticA deceptively thoughtful tale tricked up like an action movie; it's beautiful to look at but even more lovely to ruminate over.
02/18/05
Fans of the horror/fantasy genre will find plenty to applaud, and DC executives can finally breathe a sigh of relief -- even if that's not so easy for John Constantine.
02/18/05
... after surviving Constantine, I definitely prefer the trip to hell [Keanu Reeves] took in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.
02/18/05
Doubting his mission and his faith even as he's consumed by them, Constantine is an achingly topical comic book/movie hero.
02/18/05
Takes itself just seriously enough to put on a good show. Reeves earns some theatrical redemption, the demons put a scare into the waywardly righteous, and there are plenty of evil-duders left over for a sequel.
02/18/05
Swinton's presence proves as strange as the rest of this sometimes-stimulating but often-ludicrous endeavor.
02/18/05
Makes repeated visits to a hell that looks to have been designed by Hieronymus Bosch in collaboration with Gianni Versace for a Marilyn Manson arena tour.
02/18/05
Admittedly, a big bunch of supernatural mumbo-jumbo, and it's also a cool looking big bunch of supernatural mumbo-jumbo garnished with a healthy dollop of religious cynicism.
02/18/05
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