The Shadow
Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 1, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
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11
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17
Negative:
2
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The Shadow, like 1991’s The Rocketeer, tries to pass off its retro thinness as a quasi joke, but it’s a desperate strategy. The filmmakers seem to be kidding everyone — the audience and themselves — and that just leaves us waiting for this particular flashback to fizzle away. Read full review
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Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
A hodgepodge of violent action, ostentatious effects, and lunkheaded jokes, stitched together by a hackneyed plot. [01 Jul 1994, p.13]
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