Urban Legend
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: September 25, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
8
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesAnita Gates
Maybe there will be an oversaturation of ''Scream''-inspired horror films someday soon, but this one feels fresh. Read full review
60
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
It's no worse than any number of other cookie-cutter slasher flicks geared for the slightly post-pubescent market. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The film is competently made, and the attractive cast emotes and screams energetically. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Like Frankenstein's monster before the lightning strikes, it's all recycled cold flesh and bolts, without a twitch of originality. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
With each death, the film becomes less interesting. By the end, it's just a routine slasher flick with a too-predictable final "twist." Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
A premise so rock-solid, so guaranteed to please, that it almost doesn't matter that the movie is otherwise a routine slasher, and not a particularly scary one. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Fun if you like this kind of thing and don't expect too much of it. Read full review
50
VarietyLael Loewenstein
Before long, however, the suspense becomes repetitious and predictable. In its denouement, the film breaks faith with its audience, violating credibility in an attempt to deliver a surprise villain. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyTy Burr
Proficiently filmed and utterly uninspired. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Spottily directed and lacking the dubious merits of even the Friday the 13th franchise, this is one slasher film that should die a quick and lonely box-office death. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesBob Heisler
A low-voltage drive-in movie, made strictly by the book. Read full review
25
San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen Johnson
It's simply terrible. Read full review
20
EmpireBob McCabe
Director Blanks delivers a wholly pedestrian feature debut in this by-numbers teen horror flick that could give you the impression Scream never really happened. Read full review
20
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Urban Legend has an undeniably clever premise, which plays on a sort of cultural mythology shared by the filmmakers and the ostensibly media-savvy audience, but it fails to do anything interesting with it. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
When will Hollywood learn that a genre trend can last for years if itís nurtured with decent scripts? No time soon, apparently. Read full review
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