Noah
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 28, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
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Generally favorable reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
Positive:
34
Mixed:
11
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianAndrew PulverApr 2, 2014
Impressive as much of his film is, however, Aronofsky never quite solves the main challenge of the semi-literal biblical adaptation: what is so economical, and beautifully expressed, on the page can become a heavy, lumbering beast when translated into conventional narrative. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinMar 28, 2014
It’s Aronofsky’s least personal work. So you get a fat dose of conventional melodrama with your Old Testament: It’s the antediluvian "Gladiator." Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyMar 28, 2014
Noah is a movie about big ideas (environmentalism, heavenly obedience versus earthly love) and even bigger directorial ambitions (how to tell a personal story on the grandest of grand scales). But, in the end, it's also a disappointment. Maybe not one of Biblical proportions, but a disappointment nonetheless. Read full review
58
The PlaylistCharlie SchmidlinMar 27, 2014
When focused on the natural world and the internal thoughts of its characters, Noah positively crackles with the energy of a filmmaker inspired by a new perspective on classic material... But the latter half of the film, turgid and hamfisted throughout, cripples the film so severely that it makes one thankful for the added elements to Noah’s story. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedApr 2, 2014
The director’s vision is so dark — and Mr. Crowe’s grumbling, sour-stomach persona so much like a Tums commercial — that you don’t care much what happens to him or his ark, which looks like a big barge with a stove pipe in the middle. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineEric HendersonMar 27, 2014
Once the money shots of Darren Aronofsky's version recede, it becomes ever more clear that his intention is to tackle the capriciousness of Old Testament logic. And, ultimately, to assent to it. Read full review
50
IndieWireEric KohnMar 21, 2014
The director's murky, ill-conceived take on the world's oldest disaster story contains some of the most pristine visuals produced on a mass studio scale in some time. But it's also constantly tethered to a dull, melodramatic series of events out of whack with any traditional interpretation of the material. Read full review
40
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekApr 1, 2014
Noah is here not to set the record straight, but to set it on its head. This isn't a lavish work of mad genius, it's a movie designed to be a lavish work of mad genius, and there's a difference. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith UhlichMar 28, 2014
Darren Aronofsky’s big-ticket retelling of the biblical legend of Noah (Russell Crowe, so damn serious) is a wildly stupid, yet still train-wreck-fascinating piece of work. Read full review
40
Film.comJames RocchiMar 28, 2014
The execution of that script – is so clumsy and over-written that nothing in it sticks. There’s a symphony of visuals here, and big strange ideas, but when it comes to the actual characters, we get automatons sleepwalking through clichés. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMar 27, 2014
Noah, Darren Aronofsky’s often ludicrous, occasionally thoughtful epic, puts theology front-and-center, and doubles down on its blockbuster ingredients — like adding huge rock monsters with glowing eyes. Read full review
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