Hellboy
Lionsgate | Release Date: April 12, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 44 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
23
Negative:
19
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Boston GlobeTom RussoApr 12, 2019
In the end, the movie leaves us stuck with unmoving drama and increasingly numbing carnage. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireApr 11, 2019
You will never realize how much you need Guillermo del Toro in your life until you see the reboot of “Hellboy.” Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 11, 2019
The movie is a pointless retread with nothing to recommend it beyond McShane’s commanding presence. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 11, 2019
The new Hellboy lands with a thud that’s loud and dark — but almost instantly forgettable. Read full review
37
Washington PostAlan ZilbermanApr 10, 2019
Marshall and screenwriter Andrew Cosby went overboard with their R-rating, introducing so much gore and profanity that it, quite frankly, gets dull. The flat performances and incoherent story do not help matters. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 10, 2019
It's just lousy. Bloated, vastly less funny than it aims to be and misguided in key design choices even when it scores with less important decisions, the film does make bold choices that might've paid off under other circumstances. But these aren't those circumstances. Read full review
25
CNNBrian LowryMay 21, 2019
A bloody mess. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 12, 2019
The Hellboy reboot is a a fecal matter weather event film fiasco, a gory ill-conceived debacle that drives a stake through the heart of the franchise, no matter how many post-credits “teases” the producers tack on. Read full review
25
The Associated PressMark KennedyApr 10, 2019
It’s really a series of violent vignettes strung together, getting more and more outlandish and introducing characters at such a blistering pace that you just want it to stop already. Read full review
20
The AtlanticDavid SimsApr 12, 2019
In trying to set itself apart, this film ends up perfectly laying out the case against its own existence. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 11, 2019
Marshall, a world away from the dank dread and crawling terror of his 2006 spelunking stunner, “The Descent,” directs like a dog at a squirrel convention, charging gleefully from one witlessly violent encounter to the next. Ian McShane, as Hellboy’s adoptive father, does what he can to calm the chaos, but the movie left me alternately baffled and battered. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinApr 11, 2019
While the del Toro Hellboys were postmodern Frankenstein fables, shining with pathos, fun and fairy-tale allure, this unsolicited reboot is ugly, obnoxious and yowlingly witless, with nothing to say for itself that doesn’t start with the letter F. Read full review
20
Time OutPhil de SemlyenApr 10, 2019
There’s the odd nifty camera move but the action sequences are often messy and rote. The self-healing Hellboy is able to withstand endless punishment, which may be faithful to Mignola’s source material but hardly ups the stakes. The audience is not so lucky. Hellboy? Just hell, actually. Read full review
20
Screen DailyTim GriersonApr 10, 2019
Between the overblown poor CG, witless dialogue and pervasive, numbing violence, the new Hellboy deserves its own special circle in Dante’s inferno. Read full review
16
The PlaylistGriffin SchillerApr 11, 2019
In the end, Hellboy is a juvenile delinquent you want to slap and a colossal mess that damages the brand, the character and probably breaks the heart of its more well-intentioned cinematic forbearers. Read full review
10
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 11, 2019
How bad can a movie be? Hellboy expands the possibilities. It’s brain-numbing and head-splitting. Read full review
10
VoxAlex Abad-SantosApr 11, 2019
While its nightmare visuals are stellar, the real villain of the movie is its rotten writing, which turns Hellboy into hanging action sequences loosely stitched together by two or three sentences and a vague suggestion of a narrative. Read full review
0
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Chandler LevackApr 12, 2019
Hellboy forces audiences to detach and glaze over because it is hateful and lazy and was made by awful filmmakers who probably don’t like movies very much. For anyone who manages to see this movie in the theatre – I’ll see you in hell. Read full review
0
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiApr 10, 2019
The race for worst movie of the year is heating up. You could even say it’s hotter than hell, now that Hellboy has taken the lead. This awful, disgusting, unfunny, idiotically plotted comic book flick offends the senses as much as the rankest subway car on the hottest summer day. Read full review
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