Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 20, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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14
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10
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubMatt DonatoDec 18, 2024
Sonic The Hedgehog 3 lets its animated heroes shine. There’s less “live” in this impressively blended live-action movie, which is not a detriment. Read full review
80
ColliderAidan KelleyDec 18, 2024
Jim Carrey is the real star of this trilogy. Carrey's signature brand of improvisational comedy serves him well once again here, as his gleefully cartoonish villain continues to be a highlight of his recent acting works. Read full review
80
Screen RantRachel LaBonteDec 18, 2024
This is a franchise that has treated its supporters with respect while opening its arms to newcomers. Because of that, the weaker elements of the film feel unimportant in the wake of a genuinely entertaining time that will no doubt thrill audiences of all ages. Read full review
75
SlashfilmBJ ColangeloDec 18, 2024
The outcome is a "Sonic" movie that feels like everything fans love about the games distilled into a film that's fast, flashy, a hell of a lot of fun, and boasts an absolute banger of a soundtrack. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriDec 20, 2024
The Sonic movies have built their success on mixing light doses of Gen-X nostalgia with shiny, sparkly, speedy CGI action, and this new entry has that in spades. But for all their swiftness, the fights and chases in these pictures tend to have a predetermined quality; it can sometimes feel like watching someone else play a video game. That’s why giving the characters some shading helps. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanDec 18, 2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is wired-up synthetic fun. It’s a trivial kiddie flick that moves at the speed of your mind playing video games. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDec 18, 2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 gets the job done, and should provide entertaining diversion for families during the holiday season. Read full review
70
LooperCynthia VinneyDec 18, 2024
The action in this film is honestly better than anything in the recently released "Kraven the Hunter." The sequences toward the beginning of the movie are particularly impressive. Read full review
67
Original-CinChris KnightDec 19, 2024
The series still has lots of heart, but its quality is moving in the wrong direction. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireDec 20, 2024
Once Carrey’s frenetic performances kick into gear, he gets to take this movie to incredibly strange places, ensuring that it will probably work for the adults in the audience as well as the little kids who dragged them there. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshDec 19, 2024
The series shows no signs of stopping (there are not one but two postcredits teasers), and with each iteration, there are diminishing returns on this character and formula, but as long as they keep up the silly, fourth-wall breaking humor, and earnest messages of teamwork and unity, the Sonic franchise just might have some legs. Read full review
63
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiDec 18, 2024
What’s different from the previous entry is that humor here, despite a formulaic plot, is balanced with surprising dramatic heft. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkDec 18, 2024
The hedgehogs are the stars here, and after three delightfully breezy good times at the theater, it’s no longer a surprise as to why that is. Read full review
63
PolygonJesse HassengerDec 18, 2024
The series may actually be subject to a bizarre formula: The looser and more disparate the parts of a Sonic movie are, the better the whole somehow holds together. At least that would explain why Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is, improbably, the best of the lot so far. Read full review
60
The New York TimesGlenn KennyDec 19, 2024
It’s hard to settle on what’s more bombastic: Carrey’s admittedly virtuoso double act, or the teeming computer graphics gadgetry of death and destruction spilling out of every corner of the screen. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeDec 18, 2024
Carrey’s antic madness – elsewhere often too much to digest – is just what the Sonic films needed to balance out the digital gloss. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonDec 18, 2024
Whether it’s Jim Carrey playing not one but two supervillains, or the introduction of even more supporting characters, Sonic 3 wears out its welcome, resulting in an entertaining but exhausting affair. Read full review
60
Total FilmJack ShepherdDec 18, 2024
Far too many characters are vying for screen time in this predictably plotted sequel, but thankfully a weird, wild, and utterly brilliant central performance from Jim Carrey makes this a fun watch. A fine, wheel-turning instalment in a continually burgeoning franchise that will no doubt continue for many years to come. Read full review
60
IGNA.A. Dowd Dec 18, 2024
Better jokes, better imagery, and two (!) inspired comic performances by Jim Carrey give this Sonic sequel an edge on its predecessors. Read full review
60
The GuardianAndrew PulverDec 18, 2024
Carrey, though, is very good value, getting off a couple of lines that might actually make grownups laugh, and generally putting himself about to decent effect. Without him, this film could have been a lot, lot worse. Read full review
58
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezDec 19, 2024
Sonic The Hedgehog 3 feels like a darker, the-end-times-are-near blockbuster in the vein of a big “Avengers” Marvel movie, and it’s unclear how being like everyone else serves a franchise that has been perfectly content to be its weird, wacky, lovable little self. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleZaki HasanDec 19, 2024
Part of what made the prior two “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies work was their playful, controlled scope that still provided engaging, serious storylines. By contrast, the third and latest installation overwhelms with so many explosions and colorful sky beams that instead of pulling the audience in, it has the opposite effect. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeDec 30, 2024
While I had more time than many of my fellow critics for the two previous movie spin-offs from the Sega video game series, it turns out that you can, in fact, have too much of a good thing. Read full review
40
EmpireIan FreerDec 18, 2024
Slightly better than its predecessors, Sonic The Hedgehog 3 works hard to entertain — it has the odd bright moment — but overall lacks surprise, freshness or anything to set the heart racing. It’s a Saturday-morning cartoon writ long. Read full review
30
We Got This CoveredCharlotte SimmonsDec 20, 2024
Falling despairingly into the franchise trap of meta-irony, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will be remembered as an attempt of self-sabotage. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerDec 19, 2024
In this brightly colored world, Trost makes images pop and vibrate, making this latest in the beloved series easy to watch in a way that seemingly evades most modern multiplex fare. Sadly, that’s one of the few areas of clarity in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Read full review
25
IndieWireChristian ZilkoDec 18, 2024
It might be enough to entertain young children or diehard SEGA loyalists, but the rest of us are left to lament that the running time isn’t as fast as its blue protagonist. Read full review
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The TimesKevin MaherJan 3, 2025
Even by the depressing standards set by the Mortal Kombat movies, Uncharted and the first two miserable Sonic the Hedgehog outings, this third Sonic is staggeringly poor. Read full review
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