Monster Hunter
Screen Gems | Release Date: December 18, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
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7
Mixed:
8
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoDec 17, 2020
You can’t make a movie called Monster Hunter that’s boring to look at it, and this is one of Anderson's flattest films in every way. Read full review
35
TheWrapSteve PondDec 17, 2020
On its own terms, Monster Hunter might work as silly, frenetic entertainment, if you don’t look too close or think too hard. But if looking and thinking are on your agenda, you might also leave it with a real headache. Read full review
30
IGNZaki HasanDec 17, 2020
Monster Hunter runs just over an hour and a half but feels about twice that long thanks to its listless, meandering plot devoid of a central focus or any meaningful world-building. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayDec 16, 2020
For roughly two-thirds of its running time, the big-screen video game adaptation Monster Hunter feels like an attempt to answer a question no one has asked: What would the “Jurassic Park” movies be like if they were drained of all sense of wonder? The film rallies toward the end with a few genuinely spectacular images, but even its best scenes fail to justify a tedious first hour. Read full review
20
Film ThreatHunter LanierJan 13, 2021
Monster Hunter is red meat to any cynical moviegoer of the modern age looking for exhibit A. It’s been commodified and globalized to the point of nonidentity. Read full review
20
Screen RantDebopriyaa DuttaDec 17, 2020
Lacking narrative direction and even pacing, Monster Hunter is yet another soulless video game adaptation that drowns in its own inadequacy. Read full review
16
IndieWireDavid EhrlichDec 16, 2020
Series fans will feel cheated by such a chintzy and incurious take on something they love, while the rest of us will be left wondering how the source material earned itself any fans in the first place. Read full review
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