As Above, So Below
Universal Pictures | Release Date: August 29, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
12
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanAug 29, 2014
One of the world's top disturbing tourist attractions is now finally getting the spooky film it deserves Read full review
60
Total FilmMatt RisleyAug 25, 2014
Boasts sporadically electrifying visuals but a frustratingly messy mythology. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Aug 29, 2014
What’s the point in shooting a horror movie in the catacombs if it’s just going to end up looking like every horror movie not shot in the catacombs? Read full review
50
Village VoiceChuck WilsonSep 2, 2014
As Above, So Below is sometimes creepy but mostly silly, which is too bad because the film's cramped subterranean setting is inherently unnerving. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonSep 1, 2014
Like other movies of its ilk, it's missing a very simple bit of next-level Hollywood technology: a tripod. Read full review
50
The PlaylistDrew TaylorAug 31, 2014
It offers a handful of effective moments and some characters that are fun to watch squirm through muck and bones, but not much more than that, especially when the films spins out of control towards its conclusion. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezAug 28, 2014
The film predictably alternates in scaring its characters by tapping into their deepest fears and having them rub shoulders with the relics of a past that insists on being undisturbed. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeAug 25, 2014
It all makes for clumsy-fun escapism, not bad as end-of-summer chillers go. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleWilliam GossSep 3, 2014
While its characters attempt to go deeper, As Above/So Below’s stabs at scares and sentiment only seem that much shallower. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriAug 29, 2014
There are moments of welcome tension amid the inchoate lunacy, but these in turn merely highlight why the rest of the film doesn’t work. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 28, 2014
There are some interestingly contrived moments of claustrophobia and surreal lunacy, but this cliched and slightly hand-me-down script neither scares nor amuses very satisfyingly. Read full review
40
The TelegraphMike McCahillAug 28, 2014
These catacombs are just an echo chamber into which any rubbish can be pumped, and while this gives carte blanche to production designer Louise Marzaroli, the relentless flow of subterranean non-sequitur becomes at least as trying as the whirling, jerky non-cinematography. Read full review
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