The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Fox-Walden | Release Date: October 5, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
11
Negative:
6
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38
New York PostKyle Smith
A kid unversed in other name-brand fantasy movies might go for The Seeker, but in 2007 it's redundant, a puttering Potter without wit and whimsy. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The producers - Fox Films and the usually reliable Walden Media - have tried to gin up the story for multiplex audiences. They've succeeded in making a movie for no audience at all. Read full review
38
PremiereLaura Repstad
This film should have soared, but doesn't quite get off the ground. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Final score: Book 1, Movie 0. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
It's trying to fill some perceived market void created by the end of "Harry Potter." Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
None of this made a lick of sense to me, nor did it appear to be all that obvious to either the cast or screenwriter Hodge, whose work here feels as though he'd given up in frustration halfway through before deciding to see how far he could push the vaguely Harry Potter-esque shenanigans before getting sacked. Read full review
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