Dante's Peak
Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 7, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
8
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
The A.V. ClubJohn Krewson
As boring as the special effects are, they far outshine the stultifying plot. Read full review
30
NewsweekDavid Ansen
The special effects are definitely the best thing about this curiously bland disasterthon. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
These lessons are driven home via silly dialogue ("Her name was Marion and she loved volcanoes...") and painfully predictable plot complications, repeated often enough that there's no need to take notes, except for the benefit of friends who fall asleep. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Approximately the last hour of Dante's Peak is made up of action scenes, and how well one likes computer-generated destruction will determine how well one likes the movie. Read full review
25
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
Dante's Peak expands the concept of badness in movies. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The dialogue is utterly inane, but the high-tech effects deliver the sort of thrills that disaster-film connoisseurs expect. Read full review
10
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Too bad that by the time the volcano shoots its wad, the movie has already died a thousand deaths, ground to a halt by the interminable waiting for the damn thing to blow. Read full review
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