Sonic the Hedgehog
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 14, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
19
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Slant MagazineJaime N. ChristleyFeb 12, 2020
Throughout, any and all subtext is buried under the weight of Jim Carrey’s mugging. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 12, 2020
The end product isn’t remotely as bad as one might fear. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Feb 12, 2020
A nattering chore of a “family” comedy that feels written by committee and directed by indifferent machine. Read full review
30
SlashfilmJosh SpiegelFeb 13, 2020
I submit that Sonic the Hedgehog is exhausting. Here is a film that refuses to stop making quips, somehow pulling off the unique feat of never making any of those quips funny. Read full review
30
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergFeb 12, 2020
Other than product placement, the movie’s primary goal seems to be delivering 1990s nostalgia. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsFeb 13, 2020
Sonic the Hedgehog is the worst kind of bad movie: it's too inoffensive to be hated and too wretched to be enjoyable. Read full review
20
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeFeb 12, 2020
It’s not quite as bad as the awful trailer threatened. Just dull, bland and pointless. Read full review
0
ConsequenceScout TafoyaFeb 14, 2020
This wasn’t a movie, it was a boardroom meeting with some poor hapless dreamer strapped to the “directed by” credit like a keelhauled sailor punished for his idealism. Read full review
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