Death Note
Warner Bros. | Release Date: August 25, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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The PlaylistGary GarrisonAug 21, 2017
Wingard’s film is an incoherent mess of tones and styles, confused character motives, and murky narratives. Read full review
25
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerAug 26, 2017
In adapting Death Note for a presumably American audience, Wingard loses the whole of its identity, and never finds a different one with which to replace it. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 25, 2017
Several of the changes to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s brilliant manga have already been widely reported, including the whitewashing of the entire project by relocating it from Japan to Seattle, but those are just the symptoms of a greater disease known as complete creative bankruptcy. Read full review
10
TheWrapInkoo KangAug 21, 2017
The new horror-thriller is cheesy, asinine, convoluted and ludicrous. On the plus side, if your eyeballs need a vigorous workout, this will have them rolling nonstop. Read full review
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