Ghost in the Shell
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 31, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
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12
Mixed:
26
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyMar 28, 2017
There are moments which directly recreate Oshii’s best scenes, with real sets and actors performing a balletic kind of stunt-karaoke. But the story is far more graspable – more streamlined – and the gracenotes, action-free, tend to be the highlights. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 28, 2017
Spectacularly honoring the spirit and aesthetic of Mamoru Oshii’s beloved animated adaptations without resorting wholly to slavish cosplay, this is smart, hard-lacquered entertainment that may just trump the original films for galloping storytelling momentum and sheer, coruscating visual excitement — even if a measure of their eerie, melancholic spirit hasn’t quite carried over to the immaculate new carapace. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineClayton DillardMar 31, 2017
The primary pleasure of the film resides in its awareness of the impossibilities of unity, whether physical or cultural, within a rapidly transforming global milieu. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 30, 2017
It is in its designs, more so than in its generic corporate-conspiracy plot, that this new Ghost In The Shell finds tantalizing expressions of theme. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattMar 30, 2017
If there’s anything Sander’s ravishing set pieces fail to sufficiently color in, it’s the movie’s emotional stakes. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 30, 2017
Ghost in the Shell is like an amalgam of 2017 anxieties. Fear of technology. Fear of big business. Fear of being spied upon. Fear of the sacred disappearing, and of the crass, the loud and the empty crowding into every corner of existence — crowding out life itself. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 30, 2017
If you want a list of comics-derived spectacles less successful and worthy than this one, "Suicide Squad" heads the list. And that's the only list it'll ever head. Read full review
70
TimeStephanie ZacharekMar 30, 2017
The genius of Ghost in the Shell is that you don’t have to care about cyborg-anything to enjoy it. In fact, you’ll probably enjoy it more that way. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangMar 30, 2017
Your head might not be spinning as you exit the theater, but your senses will be deeply and thoroughly ravished. Read full review
67
IndieWireMike McCahillMar 28, 2017
Whatever philosophical nuggets were lurking amid Oshii’s tangled plotting, they surely merited closer consideration by a filmmaker who wasn’t just trading in gloss, and doesn’t merely regard human beings as elements of design. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 31, 2017
Ghost in the Shell is visually compelling but tone deaf. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 30, 2017
Just about every scene in Ghost in the Shell is a visual wonder to behold — and you’ll have ample to time to soak in all that background eye candy, because the plot machinations and the action in the foreground are largely of the ho-hum retread variety. Read full review
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