The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
New Line Cinema | Release Date: October 6, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
11
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38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Just another trip down a very dusty road. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
Misses everything that made the first one eat into your spine like meningitis. Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Who will survive and what will be left of them? If you don't have a pretty good idea, this is not the movie for you. If you do, rest assured you've seen it all before. Read full review
30
VarietyPeter Debruge
Liebesman hews close to the 2003 pic’s bile-tinged snuff-film aesthetic. His approach falls somewhere between the overwrought sadism of the “Saw” series and the giddy gore-for-gore’s-sake energy of “The Devil’s Rejects,” sharing those films’ twisted notion that today’s auds are willing to embrace such homicidal maniacs as heroes. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Sadly, this movie is a far cry from the atmospheric, even thoughtfully crafted original, which made you truly scared for the unkempt, everyman victims. But this latest version, though just as grisly, is literally hackwork, and stars a forgettable, airbrushed cast of slaughterees. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Only good old Leatherface literally mirrors the festering cultural and political corruption of the era, and to the film's vast discredit, this hideous echo is never even noted. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyGregory Kirshling
Unlike "Hostel" or "Wolf Creek," TCM:B is rank and depressing. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
If watching people having their faces cut off, getting their legs amputated and having their throats tenderly slit is your idea of a horrific good time, you'll certainly get your money's worth here. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeRocco Colella
The new prequel isn't really a slasher movie at all. It's a mess, with too much to say, and an odd genre in which to preach. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
It's really gory and really dull. Mostly just dull. Read full review
0
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Putridly written, directed and acted. Read full review
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