The movie pulls no punches when it comes to biblical prophecy, black comedy and artistic visuals. And that's totally killer.
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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
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
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticOccasionally, Reeves forgets what movie he's in and strikes a Neo-like pose.
02/18/05
Peppered with so many neat touches, it almost doesn't matter the story is a muddle.
02/18/05
An imaginative, if overstuffed attempt to chart the boundaries of American spiritual life.
02/18/05
Intelligent, wildly entertaining nerve-jangler.
02/18/05
All style. No soul.
02/18/05
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
There is no person in movie history who has devoted more time to defending civilization from evil and obliteration than Keanu Reeves, or who has spent more time shifting between spiritual, perceptual and historical planes to do the job right proper.
02/18/05
You have to die a little to catch a glimpse of the depths of hell... or this movie. Bless them Father, for they have sinned.
02/18/05
There's something seductive and irresistible about it.
02/18/05
Reeves plays one of the comic-book world's most intriguing antiheroes in an adaptation that isn't the massive screw-up fans rightfully expected, but has a cool-to-silly ratio that's just barely acceptable.
02/18/05
The movie isn't hellish, because there's always hope of leaving it. It's more like purgatory, two whole hours of it.
02/18/05
The year is young, but it's never too soon for the Worst of the Year party. Crashing through the door, a balloon in its ear and a plastic devil doll up its nose, comes 2005's early achiever.
02/18/05
Has enough subtextual codes to spawn its own cult.
02/18/05
Memo to Keanu Reeves: It's time to get away from the metaphysical.
02/18/05
There is, though, an undeniable pulse and momentum.
02/18/05
Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore, and we're not in hell. It's only California.
02/18/05
Under [Reeves’] laconic surfer-dude exterior lies a performer capable of seething rage and even some wit.
02/18/05
Any movie that casts Tilda Swinton as the angel Gabriel has its heart in the right place and a serious screw loose -- two things worth wishing for any time you lay your eight bucks down.
02/18/05
It's a ponderous bore. Dull dialogue, dull situations and a serious lack of urgency hinder what should be a high-stakes slice of pseudo-religious heresy.
02/18/05
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