Bats
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 22, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
23
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
19
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]
Really just an update of the kind of hapless grade-Z effort that once played the bottom half of a drive-in double bill.
38
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
If you are unlucky enough to stray into the presence of Bats, I strongly recommend you follow their wise example. Hang from the ceiling and go to sleep.
38
New York Daily NewsRobert Dominguez
Unfortunately, it isn't until the final scene -- a spoof of the horror genre's false-ending cliché -- that Bats really takes wing. Read full review
35
TNT RoughCutChristopher Brandon
Everything in it is old bat.
30
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
So uninvolving it scarcely matters what it looks like. Read full review
30
Film.comTom Keogh
Pours on some of the most ridiculous dialogue heard in a feature film in a long time. Read full review
30
Film.comJohn Hartl
So campy...may be good for a few laughs. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Falls apart immediately, then limps on for 45 minutes more. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
Not especially scary or funny, this lame comedy-thriller wastes a decent cast in a plodding tale.
25
Boston GlobeJay Carr
A reassuring little cheeseball of a movie. Read full review
25
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
A dimwitted, fill-in-the-blanks horror opus that slanders a fine and useful mammal.
25
Miami HeraldPhoebe Flowers
Dumb cliches run amok.
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Violent and vapid, but the visual jolts may please horror buffs. Read full review
20
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Cause for fright in only one respect: the possibility that it could spawn sequels. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverM. V. Moorhead
A work of hilarious, nearly Ed Wood-worthy ineptitude. Read full review
10
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Hopeless rip-off of Hitchcock's "The Birds." Read full review
10
Film.comRobert Horton
An amazing compendium of dumb behavior, bad dialogue, and incoherent direction. Read full review
10
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
All I saw were unimpressive digital effects; artless, quick-cut abstracted gore; and a last-ditch attempt to evoke a visceral response by heaping the climactic scene with bat shit. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It's relentlessly bad in a way that just makes those theatre seats plain uncomfortable. Read full review
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