Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Sony Pictures Releasing | Release Date: August 27, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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5
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12
Negative:
11
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Sufficient cheap thrills and enough of the prevailing camp quality. Read full review
70
VarietyScott Foundas
Sublimely trashy, this conceptual sequel to 1997's surprise hit, "Anaconda," doesn't expect to be taken any more seriously than its schlock predecessor, and keeps its tongue-in-cheek thrills flowing rapidly. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
A highly entertaining movie assured of its genre-jumping potential. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Funny, suspenseful, and well paced, this is definitely the summer's best time waster. Read full review
70
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It's one of those "I-can't-believe-I'm-enjoying-this" kind of things. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
For all its improbable characters, wretched dialogue and stock situations, the movie has an earnest dumbness that sneaks up on you to be surprisingly entertaining. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianKaren Karbo
The charming thing about Anacondas is that it neither takes itself too seriously nor is it steeped in postmodern irony. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneEllen Fox
To be fair, it's little better or worse than the original. But, to be honest, the original--minus its nascent stars--wasn't very good. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
From its jungle forays to its waterfall tumbles to its deadly spider bites - is entirely, utterly unoriginal. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Supremely silly but undeniably fun sequel. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDave Kehr
A programmer that once upon a time would have played on the bottom half of double bills, Anacondas has no pretensions and gets its little job done effectively, providing some small-scale laughs and chills for the late summer season. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
At least director Dwight Little (Free Willy 2) gives us enough B-movie speed to keep Orchid from becoming a fountain of aging. Read full review
50
Washington PostJen Chaney
Still manages to one-up its predecessor, 1997's unintentionally campy "Anaconda." Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Competent formula entertainment, but doesn't make that leap into pure barminess that inspired "Anaconda." Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Director Dwight Little, who has made many mediocre films as well as the gleefully gory Robert Englund version of "The Phantom of the Opera," gets at least one thing right -- he really does take time to establish the characters. Read full review
40
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
More tongue in cheek than its predecessor, and yet less over the top, it won't do any permanent damage. Of course, it won't leave much of a lasting impression, either. Read full review
40
EmpireScott Russon
Exactly as ordinary as you're already expecting it's going to be. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsRobert Dominguez
It's never a good sign when the creepiest moment in a movie about monstrous 50-foot snakes is the sight of 2-inch leeches sucking on someone's back. Read full review
38
New York PostMegan Lehmann
The biggest problem with the corny horror film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid is that its titular reptiles are about as scary as jellied eels. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
There's nothing really wrong with it -- it's bad, but no worse than it needs to be, which is the problem. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
There's no enjoyably outlandish hiss to this variation on the formula, and no Ice Cube or Owen Wilson, either. This time, a ship of capitalist fools (and no movie stars, unless you count utility player Morris Chestnut as a headliner) steams along the river in Borneo. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
What they don't do often enough is battle anacondas. It's all tease and no payoff. Read full review
30
Village VoiceBen Kenigsberg
Clearly a bottom-feeder. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
The real problem isn't that Anacondas is bad – it's just so bland, so unremarkable, so by-the-numbers, and so instantly forgettable that bad might be a step up. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
This movie didn't have to be good, but that it's so boring in its badness is tough to swallow. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
The refined taste insists on risibly bad, on hysterically bad, on poke-your-seatmate-in-the-ribs bad, and this falls well short of that hallowed mark -- it's just routinely bad. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
The sequel might have the formula down, but it lacks everything that made "Anaconda'' fun. Read full review
20
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
When the CGI snakes finally arrive, they look like they've just returned from a guest spot on "Charmed;" if the film had cut any more corners, it would have had to borrow graphics from an old Intellivision game. Read full review
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