The Dark Tower
Universal Pictures | Release Date: August 4, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
22
Negative:
20
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenAug 3, 2017
In the vast canon of King-derived movies, “Tower” belongs in the upper ranks. Read full review
70
VoxAja RomanoAug 3, 2017
Arcel’s film is fun, loving, scary, and often as genuinely compelling as it is wildly misguided. The Dark Tower may be a terrible, even baffling version of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, but it’s highly enjoyable as a cinematic King fanfic. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanAug 2, 2017
It’s a highly competent and watchable paranoid metaphysical video game that doesn’t overstay its welcome, includes some luridly entertaining visual effects, and — it has to be said — summons an emotional impact of close to zero. Which in a film like this one isn’t necessarily a disadvantage. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Mark MedleyAug 3, 2017
The Dark Tower is King’s ultimate roller coaster – twisting and stomach-clenching and terrifying but, above all, fun. If only this version was as thrilling a ride. Read full review
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