Vamps
Anchor Bay Films | Release Date: November 2, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerOct 29, 2012
A sense of anachronism is what provides the film with its melancholy heart. Read full review
83
IndieWireEric KohnNov 1, 2012
A surprisingly enjoyable tongue-in-cheek New York comedy from "Clueless" director Amy Heckerling, Vamps teeters on the brink of not quite working and yet still routinely lands its laughs. Read full review
70
VarietyJohn AndersonNov 7, 2012
Heckerling always manages to get her finger firmly on the pulse of the contemporary moment, and while her club-hopping heroines may be undead, they serve as adorable metaphors for what the filmmaker sees as a zombified moment in cultural history. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasOct 31, 2012
Heckerling also struggles woefully with special effects, but even then, she's capable of pulling off a beautiful sequence where Silverstone remembers a specific city block as it's evolved through the ages. Her shambling little comedy never finds a consistent groove, but it's eager to please, and has the ancient gags to do it. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 8, 2012
Charming at times but surprisingly cheap-feeling given the cast Heckerling has assembled. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenNov 2, 2012
Make no mistake, Vamps is mostly a misfire, but Heckerling still shows enough flashes of wit and wisdom that she remains hard to entirely dismiss. Don't bury that coffin just yet. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonNov 6, 2012
Reteaming with Silverstone, the alpha matchmaker of "Clueless," for Vamps, Heckerling uses the actress as the mouthpiece for her complaints about how dumb everyone is today. The writer-director's nostalgia feeds the laziest type of cultural critique: never piercing, just grumpy. Read full review
40
The New York TimesRachel SaltzNov 1, 2012
Aging is probably the real theme here, but it's approached sidelong and has no punch. Still, only the nostalgia has any real conviction. Read full review
40
Time OutEric HynesOct 31, 2012
Vamps is commendable, even moving, as a raw-nerve confession of anachronism - but it's also what keeps this strained satire from drawing any real blood. Read full review
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