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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Paste MagazineZach BudgorAug 31, 2017
Wingard’s Death Note moves like a bullet and doles out practical gore and overheated melodrama in equal measure. Read full review
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IGNBlair MarnellJul 24, 2017
What’s frustrating is that with better lead performers and a tighter script, Wingard could have made a great adaptation. Instead it settles when it should have soared. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardAug 21, 2017
Whereas the more grounded scenes of Death Note anchor a startlingly bloody fantasy of power run amok, the scenes that fixate on super powers and code-busting seldom manage to rise above the realm of serviceable YA fiction. Read full review
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