Ted Bundy
First Look International | Release Date: September 13, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatGraham Rae
One of those films that makes you walk out muttering dark things about the future of the human race. Read full review
70
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
As Bundy, Michael Reilly Burke (Octopus 2: River of Fear) has just the right amount of charisma and menace. It's his performance that makes the movie, giving a relatively shallow script more depth and character nuances than likely existed on the page. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
Has the crisp pace and bright-eyed facetious tone of a blackout-comedy sex farce. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Bright, who reworked co-writer Stephen Johnston's screenplay, changed all the names except Bundy's so he could "make up stuff," but the irony is how close to the facts -- at least to the degree they're known -- he stays. Read full review
60
VarietyDerek Elley
Looks set to unsettle as many conservative auds as it will delight nihilistic film buffs. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The last scenes etch one of the most revealing depictions of capital punishment ever put on the wide screen. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
In the end, Ted Bundy's only justification is the director's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac; there's no larger point, and little social context. "Badlands" this ain't. Read full review
30
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Disturbingly superficial in its approach to the material. Read full review
25
New York PostMegan Lehmann
It's just another discordant note in this tone-deaf movie -- a trashy, exploitative, thoroughly unpleasant experience. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
Never really sure what to say about its subject. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The Bundy portrayed here doesn't have even the veneer of charm; he's a raving psycho, and watching him work, whatever the filmmakers' intent, is revolting exploitation. Read full review
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