The Meg
Warner Bros. | Release Date: August 10, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
26
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerAug 9, 2018
The makers of The Meg may have gone to school on Spielberg, but the big-budget deep-sea thriller is nothing but bloodless summer filler. Unsure if he wants to have some fun and jump the Sharknado or make a seriously gory fish fest, director Jon Turteltaub has surfaced with nets empty. Read full review
30
Film ThreatMatthew PassantinoAug 11, 2018
The Meg is simply toothless. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaAug 9, 2018
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters when it could be spending it with, you know, the giant shark. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAug 8, 2018
The Meg is simply mediocre, PG-13 monster-moviemaking at its mind-numbing kinda/sorta best-ish. Meh. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 8, 2018
Unlike “Sharknado,” The Meg doesn’t seem to know how dumb it is. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyAug 8, 2018
Blandly internationalized, generically derivative, drained of any personality, edited as if by computer and bleached of the slightest hint of emotion other than a holiday card-like sympathy for children and allegedly cute animals, The Meg is a one hundred percent inorganic meal, something made from pre-tasted and then regurgitated ingredients. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAug 9, 2018
It’s a tired, inert sci-fi thriller featuring a succession of escalating action sequences that all, somehow, fail to ignite. The cliches mount. Read full review
25
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiAug 8, 2018
She also doesn’t satisfy. At all. After experiencing Meg, you’ll crack open your Little Shark Book and call up Jaws. Read full review
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