Inferno
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 28, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 47 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
27
Negative:
11
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversOct 27, 2016
Hanks is one of the most likable actors on the planet. But Inferno just lays there onscreen, pancake-flat and with no animating spark to make us give a damn. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniOct 27, 2016
The more movie magic Howard piles on, the less we care. And, boy, does he pull out all the stops, stocking the pic with a tub of red herrings, half a dozen plot twists, and more complex set pieces than a comic-book flick. I felt relieved when it was finally over. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsOct 27, 2016
This is a franchise with lead weights tied around its ankles. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 27, 2016
Say what you will about Dan Brown’s books. They may be, as some have noted, poorly written, formulaic and pretentious. But at least they hold a reader’s attention, in ways that this excursion — as sleep-inducing and rigidly predictable as a train ride — does not. Read full review
30
ScreenCrushMatt SingerNov 2, 2016
The Da Vinci Code wasn’t Da Vinci, but it was an actual movie with texture and characters. Inferno is dumbed down to a shocking degree. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineJake ColeOct 26, 2016
It's impossible to even laugh at Inferno given how Ron Howard reduces the material to a dull spectacle of earnest puzzle-solving. Read full review
20
CineVueJoe WalshOct 12, 2016
Like The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons before it, Inferno stumbles into the same pitfalls of convoluted plotting, kindergarten art history and conspiracy theories of the daytime-slot-on-the-Discovery-Channel sort. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinOct 10, 2016
While the plot’s endless lurches and jinks are designed to hold you in a constant state of pleasurable bafflement, the cumulative effect is desensitisation: no single thread holds long enough to give you anything to cheer for or believe in. Read full review
20
TheWrapJason SolomonsOct 10, 2016
Ron Howard allows all manner of contrivances to pile up in David Koepp‘s screenplay, as if relying on constant reference to Dante’s Divine Comedy would make people think, “Ooh, this is clever stuff.” Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 10, 2016
Once upon a time, this wackiness had some novelty value. Now it’s tedious. Read full review
10
Village VoiceBilge EbiriNov 2, 2016
Take the Dan Brown out of a Dan Brown movie and all you’re left with is Tom Hanks jogging in mild irritation. Read full review
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