Repo! The Genetic Opera
Lionsgate | Release Date: November 7, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The A.V. ClubSean O'Neal
Piles on the glam-rock spectacle and coal-black comedy at such a brusque pace that it often seems in danger of rattling off the rails entirely. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It's not often you come across a film as unique as this, and while my taste for liver, lights, and sweetbreads isn't what it once was, this is still a fine post-Halloween aperitif, with guts to spare. Read full review
50
Film ThreatMariko McDonald
Only time will tell whether REPO! can live up to its cult potential, but the potential is most definitely there. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Paris Hilton also turns up, still trying to be famous for more than being famous. She has a ways to go. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
This would-be cult film is unlikely to inspire "Rocky Horror"-style devotion. Read full review
50
PremiereJenni Miller
While Repo! is obviously no "Zauberflöte," it does offer up spectacle on an operatic scale. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Check out the trailer before you commit to this one; if it's for you, you'll know instantly. And if it's not, you'll know that, too. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNathan Lee
Feels destined to please a campy coterie of fans and no one else. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
There probably aren't enough futuristic Goth rock musicals, but Repo! The Genetic Opera is weak on a couple of things a musical needs: music and lyrics. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklySean Howe
If steampunk bloodbaths aren't for you, it's a long wait for the fat lady to sing. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
The biggest mystery about Repo! The Genetic Opera is why the grisly Goth-horror musical is opening the week after Halloween. The second-biggest mystery is why this unfunny, unscary, preposterous bloodbath about organ transplants is opening at all. Read full review
20
VarietyJohn Anderson
So over-the-top it's purple. At the same time, it's not too many lengths of intestine beyond some mainstream movies, "Sweeney Todd" being the most obvious comparison. Read full review
12
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Misery is enduring this Rocky Horror Paris Show. Read full review
10
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
The grim finality of the ensuing pietà suggests the last act of Hamlet or, rather, Hamlet 2--so embarrassing that, for the first time, I wanted to avert my eyes from the screen, although that might have also been because Repo! appears to have been shot with a cell phone. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
The film is bad -- not good-bad, tacky-bad or fun-bad, just plain awful and nearly unwatchable. Read full review
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