Chaos Walking
Lionsgate | Release Date: March 5, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
16
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 3, 2021
This adaptation of the young adult science fiction novel “The Knife of Never Letting Go” (the first in a trilogy) is sunk by the nearly unwatchable and unlistenable execution of the main premise. Read full review
30
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 3, 2021
When it comes to confrontations, the movie wimps out, putting more effort into New World-building than in the largely generic characters who populate it. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMar 3, 2021
The characters are uninvolving, the emotional stakes never fully take hold and the physical action invariably promises more than it delivers. Read full review
30
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMar 3, 2021
There’s no shortage of imaginative sci-fi details or of talented actors on-hand, but the film boils down to characters we barely get to know chasing each other and yelling. That it hardly matters who’s being chased or what, exactly, is being yelled — mostly “Stop her!” and “AAAUUUGGGHHH!” — is just part of the trouble here. Read full review
25
ABC NewsPeter TraversMar 12, 2021
A hot mess that throws a wet blanket of dystopian drivel over fresh young stars Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland. Chaos Limping is more like it. Read full review
25
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMar 3, 2021
It’s just dull, deeply bland, and unsophisticated, with little to say about any of its themes of intolerance, fear, misogyny, and gaslighting, other than these feelings exist. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 3, 2021
Aside from being annoying, depressing and repulsive, Chaos Walking has a lot going for it. It’s directed by Doug Liman (“Go”) and takes place in a fully imagined other world. Plus, it stars Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, who are smart and watchable, and the movie does get better as it goes along. Read full review
15
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 21, 2021
Chaos Walking is, in its own way, a masterclass in everything that contemporary filmmakers should avoid doing. Read full review
10
Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 5, 2021
Chaos Walking doesn’t even get to the level of high camp, where pleasure is found in the sheer badness of it all. Read full review
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