Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 22, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
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14
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 25, 2012
Bekmambetov directs with gusto, and the forthright absurdity of the story, combined with its weirdly heartfelt self-belief is winning. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumJun 22, 2012
With so much flesh crunching and bloodletting, it could have been scary as all Walking Dead get-out. Instead, the movie plays safe by cutting every theme down the middle - a swing that's effective when splitting wood or vampire skulls, but dull when applied to filmmaking. Read full review
50
Boxoffice MagazineKate ErblandJun 21, 2012
It's not nearly as snappy or campy as it should be-though its self-seriousness is its own kind of entertainment. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 21, 2012
It sounds fun. It's a little fun. For a while. But Bekmanbetov shoots every killing spree like an addled gamer, working that slow-down-speed-up kill-shot cliche like a maniac. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonJun 20, 2012
The training montage where Lincoln learns to twirl his axe around his body like a baton for no apparent purpose is neither the movie's first laughable sequence nor its last, but it sums up the movie's aesthetic: The filmmakers mistakenly think nothing is silly if it's done with a grim enough facial expression. Read full review
40
MovielineStephanie ZacharekJun 25, 2012
It doesn't take long for Bekmambetov to wear out his welcome with a laundry list of generic-looking action sequences: When you've seen one vampire get stabbed in the eyeball, you've seen 'em all. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJun 25, 2012
Unfortunately, there's also a certain artificiality to the whole film, both visually and narratively. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 21, 2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is such a smashing title it's too bad someone had to spoil things by making a movie to go with it. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJun 21, 2012
Given the subject matter, an exercise in delicacy and restraint was unlikely, but it's too bad that the film's concept is way more entertaining than what has ended up on-screen. Read full review
40
EmpireDan JolinJun 21, 2012
The grave tone makes it stiff and leaden, the digi-saturated look is a turn-off. Damnable and disordered. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghJun 21, 2012
The problem with movies based on a single joke is that a single joke is rarely funny enough to sustain the running time of a feature-length film. And with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the whole joke is in the title. Read full review
40
TimeRichard CorlissJun 21, 2012
Watching this is like flipping channels randomly between a Masterpiece Theatre drama and a splatter film on Cinemax. If you're like me, you'll stick with the splatter. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick PinkertonJun 20, 2012
Possible resulting "fun" is only slightly mitigated by contemplation of the wearisome decadence of American popular culture. Read full review
40
Total FilmNeil SmithJun 20, 2012
What [Bekmambetov] doesn't do is offer us any respite from his 3D CGI barrage, an assault on the senses that makes the bullet John Wilkes Booth fired into the real Abe's noggin seem calming by comparison. Read full review
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