Outlander
Third Rail Releasing | Release Date: January 23, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
It's entertaining nonsense with major league special effects, larger-than-life characters and inventive monsters that draw on the "Aliens" and "Predator" models, being terrifying but also vaguely sympathetic. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Surprise number one: It's smarter than it looks. Surprise number two: That doesn't entirely ruin it as an action film. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
An enjoyably goofy hybrid of extraterrestrial sci-fi and Iron Age action, Outlander boasts a super-serious Jim Caviezel in the title role Read full review
50
VarietyDerek Elley
Not helped by a wooden perf from Jim Caviezel as a humanoid alien who accidentally imports a real alien to eighth-century Earth. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Outlander is interesting as a collision of genres: the monster movie meets the Viking saga. You have to give it credit for carrying that premise to its ultimate (if not logical) conclusion. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The nuttiest hunk of junk in many months. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
By taking nonsense seriously Outlander never achieves camp. It's a comic book that's mistaken itself for scripture. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
If only Outlander was as fun as the premise makes it sound on paper. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
There isn't a single scene in this story about a traveler from another planet (Jim Caviezel) who crash-lands on Earth during the Iron Age that doesn't remind you of another, better movie. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
In its second half, Outlander falls apart completely, becoming nothing but a violent, mindless monster movie along the lines of "Alien vs. Predator." Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
Writer-director Howard McCain bids fair to dethrone Uwe Boll as the king of crap action flicks, and every second feels like time on the cross. Read full review
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