Penelope
Summit Entertainment | Release Date: February 29, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
9
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

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38
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Penelope is dead on arrival. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Under Mark Palansky's uninspired direction, magic eludes Penelope in scene after scene. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
This story could have gone in a number of more inspiring allegorical directions but winds up your average bedtime story instead. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Penelope was in a trough of trouble before the oink on the script was dry. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A hopeless jumble of visual and linguistic styles. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Is there anything more dull than an ineptly cynical fairy tale? Read full review
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