The Huntsman: Winter's War
Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 22, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
24
Negative:
15
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldApr 21, 2016
The Huntsman is a flabby mess — yet another sequel with no reason to exist. Read full review
38
USA TodayBrian TruittApr 21, 2016
It’s a dunderheaded follow-up, for sure, but it’s at least buoyed by Chris Hemsworth’s charisma and the few times where Winter’s War embraces complete camp. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireApr 21, 2016
If you liked “Frozen” but wish it had been angrier, The Huntsman: Winter’s War is for you. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJake ColeApr 20, 2016
The overriding despair of Winter's War's imagery calls into question who, exactly, the film is for. Read full review
33
IndieWireKate ErblandApr 19, 2016
The film's narrative is both plodding and predictable, and after the third or fourth battle sequence that leans so heavily on loud, thudding noises and swirling leather topcoats that it's impossible to see who is actually hitting who (and, moreover, why), audiences may be in danger of remembering just which "reimagined" fairy tale they're watching on screen. Read full review
30
TimeStephanie ZacharekApr 21, 2016
There’s only one reason to see The Huntsman: Winter’s War: Gowns! Insane, off-the-hook gowns. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRebecca KeeganApr 21, 2016
A convoluted narrative yields not a single, palpable moment of drama. Read full review
30
Village VoiceBilge EbiriApr 21, 2016
The film absolutely delivers on the scenery-chewing front. And yet the movie is still hollow and joyless. Read full review
30
VarietyGuy LodgeApr 4, 2016
The sheer abundance of on-screen ornamentation isn’t quite enough to make The Huntsman: Winter’s War a beautiful film.... Still, it’s one that has been exhaustively designed by many hands — which only further shows up its inelegant patchwork in the writing department. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartApr 21, 2016
This incoherent screenplay seems to have been written by a roomful of the gorilla-like trolls who show up in the movie at one point. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 21, 2016
A resoundingly unlovable movie that almost resists being watched. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 21, 2016
Nothing can match seeing Theron and Blunt try to out-camp each other, providing the only glimmer of entertainment in a film dedicated to being ponderous. No one sings "Let It Go," but my advice to audiences is to do just that before mistakenly buying a ticket. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 20, 2016
The mirror effects are still striking, Theron, Blunt, Hemsworth and Chastain still fairy-tale beautiful. But The Huntsman: Winter’s War, is the very picture of a movie that should have never been made. It never, for one second, gives us a reason to think otherwise. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 4, 2016
It really is a nuclear war of dullness. Read full review
10
The New York TimesA.O. ScottApr 21, 2016
Its badness is not extreme, but exemplary: It’s everything wrong with Hollywood today stuffed into a little less than two hours. Read full review
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