The Crazies
Overture Films | Release Date: February 26, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
13
Negative:
3
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60
Boxoffice MagazinePete Hammond
An entertaining fright movie that’s crazy fun and full of genuine scares. Read full review
60
TimeRichard Corliss
It's an efficient thriller, with scare weapons ranging from the primitive (a pitchfork) to the apocalyptic (an A bomb). The acting is only horror-film-functional, and you might wish that our trio of renegades knew a few basic laws of the genre. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith Uhlich
Unlike Romero’s film, what’s missing is a trenchant sense of connection to our historical moment. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
The crazies themselves could be a lot more terrifying. Without the rotting ickiness of proper zombies, they just seem like methed-out Iowans looking for a fix. That’s scary, but not scary enough. Read full review
50
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
After "Zombieland," The Crazies struggles to find novelty and laughs, and must battle the overwhelming sense that we’ve been here, seen this too often and too recently to experience any real surprises. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
The Crazies only ever amounts to genre-regimented madness. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike Hale
Mr. Romero is executive producer of the new film. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have his style or sense of humor. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Here's what I can say for sure about the humanoid attackers in the new version of The Crazies: They're not very interesting. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
It’s been not so much remade as restrained – tamed and dumbed-down and with any sharp political edges safely filed off. Read full review
50
Washington PostDan Kois
What's disappointing about The Crazies, though, is the lack of care that Eisner and screenwriters Scott Kosar and Ray Wright put into their film's atmosphere. There's little in the way of Romero-esque dread; Eisner substitutes a grim lack of humor and frequent splashes of gore. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Poor distribution doomed the original movie, though Romero has stuck around long enough to serve as executive producer of this respectable update by Breck Eisner. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
To call The Crazies the most original horror film in a long while only serves to point out just how lousy mainstream, studio-released horror has become. It's a solid thriller, sure, but there's precious little in it that hasn't been seen countless times before, and in the end it plays it safe … by not playing it safe. Read full review
40
NPRIan Buckwalter
The incoherence is made all the more disappointing because Eisner displays a great deal of raw talent for the genre's tone and set pieces. Read full review
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