The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: February 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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4
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2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungFeb 5, 2013
A visually lavish epic fantasy that happily marries the latest advances in CGI and action techniques with ancient Chinese fable and a Buddhist atmosphere. Read full review
60
NPRMark JenkinsFeb 8, 2013
This China/Hong Kong co-production flips the formula: The fantastic images are solid, but the action is less substantial. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaFeb 6, 2013
The film looks so glossy, plasticized, and unreal that all you end up thinking about is special effects. Read full review
50
VarietyJustin ChangFeb 5, 2013
Overblown saga of shape-shifting demons, butt-kicking clerics and the perils of interspecies romance occasionally dazzles but finally frazzles with its relentless visual assault, embedding Jet Li and his capable castmates in one screensaver-ready fantasy backdrop after another. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreFeb 5, 2013
A mad, laugh-out-loud mashup of “The Little Mermaid,” “Harry Potter,” assorted vampire tales, “Pan’s Labyrinth,” the disaster epic “2012” and oh – “Pokemon” – just to impose the cinematic precedents on display here, Sorcerer is a Chinese twist on the reliable sword and sorcery genre which caused Hollywood to impose “Clash of the Titans” and “Immortals” on the undeserving. Read full review
25
The PlaylistOliver LytteltonFeb 7, 2013
Perhaps hardcore Jet Li fans will be able to get some joy out of it, but we'd suspect that even they will struggle with this one. Read full review
20
Village VoiceSimon AbramsFeb 6, 2013
Visually unspectacular and emotionally stillborn, The Sorcerer and the White Snake fails as both a fantasy and a romance. Read full review
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