Pathfinder
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: April 13, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
12
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70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Nicely balances action and adventure with American Indian wisdom and a modest romance to provide a graphic-comic-book movie experience for males in urban markets. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Urban and Bloodgood make the most of their parts, locking eyes and arms, and occasionally using American English as if the snowy 10th century were another way of saying, "Where the après ski?" Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A bizarre, bloody adventure movie. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's undone by a murky palette, silly horror-movie cliches, dumb dialogue and a confusing climactic sequence. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Pathfinder is aimed more at the action-figure crowd than the history buffs. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsRobert Dominguez
After the first 1,000 or so beheadings, impalements and severed limbs, Pathfinder's slash may just induce sleep. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
If this uninspired fight-fest had been delayed out of existence, it's unlikely anyone would have missed it. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Pathfinder's moody, muddy look is courtesy of music-video director Marcus Nispel, who doesn't distinguish between people and tree trunks when it comes to emotional content. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter Debruge
Like "300" and "Apocalypto," this latest bit of historical balder-dash stands in direct defiance of proven action-movie formulas, trusting its brutal concept and striking visuals to overcome a lack of star power. Read full review
40
EmpireIan Nathan
For crying out loud, Marcus -- all you had to do was have Vikings fight Indians! How hard was that? Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
Mainly it's messy, and I don't just mean the gouged-out eyeball in a puddle. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
All cinematic creativity seems to have focused on devising the most repellent ways to maim and murder. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyJessica Grose
There is one redeeming skirmish -- the climactic fight involving a snowy cliff and an elaborate pulley system -- but from the guy who's directed videos for Cher, Amy Grant, Billy Joel, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony? We expected more. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMichael Ordona
One of the funniest films of the year. That's not good news for this attempted action-adventure, which clearly lost its way in its own copious fog. Read full review
30
Film ThreatMatthew Sorrento
The fault here lies in the film’s dead rhythm, which never lights the sparks necessary for an action film. The plot and action progress like an eroding lakeshore, but the energy and excitement are washed away in every scene. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It's a tedious experience in almost every way: The acting is numbingly one-note, the CGI work is unconvincing and often downright shoddy, and the action is poorly staged and framed so close you can never tell for sure who is lopping off whose head. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
The movie takes us on a journey to an ugly, contentious period in our misty, ancient past - all the way back to four months ago, when "Apocalypto" came out. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldColin Covert
Too small to be a spectacle, too humorless to take seriously and too stupid to pass muster at a middle school writing workshop. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
In a way, it's perfect: You can't imagine anyone seeing this mess and not feeling lesser for the experience. Read full review
20
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Makes "Conan the Barbarian" seem like Dostoyevsky in its complexity. Read full review
20
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
The director, Marcus Nispel, takes his butchery very seriously. (He was the lead vivisectionist for the remake of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.") He may not be able to make this movie move, but, man, can he make an eyeball fly. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
No more than a minute into this, and it becomes obvious that the next 98 are going to be trouble. Read full review
0
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Here's my nomination for future grindhouse double-bill from hell: Pathfinder and "Apocalypto." Read full review
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