Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Warner Bros. | Release Date: May 31, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 47 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
24
Negative:
9
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38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 29, 2019
Even with all its pyrotechnics, and even with arguably the finest and deepest team of actors ever to appear in any of the three dozen movies about the big guy, King of the Monsters careens about all over the place in search of an identity, never really finding its footing as a campy treat, an exciting popcorn adventure or a monster movie with humans we actually care about. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinMay 31, 2019
This thing is an unholy mess. Read full review
30
ScreenCrushMatt SingerMay 28, 2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is as narratively incomprehensible as it is visually, with an even-more-talented roster of overqualified actors tasked with carrying the film’s insipid story and trying to make their characters’ bizarre decisions seem halfway plausible. Read full review
25
The Film StageDan MeccaJun 5, 2019
There has always been a lack of logic to these movies, but all pretense slips away here. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 31, 2019
But as the truism “If you’ve seen one ‘Godzilla’ movie, you’ve seen them all” still applies, I kind of hope they choke on the cash from this one. Read full review
20
The Observer (UK)Simran HansJun 2, 2019
The ugly visual effects are outdone only by the sound design, which is relentlessly loud and thunderingly tedious. Verbal exchanges between the humans are devoid of wit and barely functional in communicating the story. Read full review
20
The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 29, 2019
Incoming director Michael Dougherty (Krampus) is the one in this unenviable hot-seat, but he can’t competently handle a budget this huge when it’s being poured over an assignment this vague. Read full review
20
UproxxMike RyanMay 28, 2019
It’s just filled with a lot of stupid characters who all do stupid things to the point that the “plot” is just some crazy afterthought of nonsense. What a mess. Read full review
20
EmpireBen TravisMay 28, 2019
Globe-trotting but not adventurous, action-packed but not remotely exciting, utterly overstuffed and completely paper-thin. Nuke it from orbit. Read full review
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