Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 13, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
15
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
16
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
42
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
It's all the thrill of watching other people play Uno. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
The appeal of Yu-Gi-Oh! for kids who play the card game shouldn't be too much of a mystery -- at least to any adult who admits to tuning in to celebrity poker on TV. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneEllen Fox
Shallow and repetitive. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Too solemnly boring to entertain parents or older siblings - but, alas, too loud for a long nap - Yu-Gi-Oh! is basically a feature-length promotion for the trading cards. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
A vigorously cross-marketed product, with comics, collectable cards, games and a television series. Read full review
30
VarietyRobert Koehler
No cuddly, funky "Pokemon" pocket monsters populate this pic; this game is for the big kids, rife with a ruthless tone, heightened violence and cold calculation. However, fans will put up with a dull tale to finally see their obsession on the bigscreen. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Like the gods, the trading cards are capricious, with ever-changing rules and strategies so intricate that only Yu-Gi-Oh-ologists will fully enjoy this adventure. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeLouise Kennedy
With its lifeless animation, characterless characters, and plotless plot, Yu-Gi-Oh! is so flat as to make the card game on which it is based seem positively three-dimensional. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
With no subtitles to explain what's going on in Yu-Gi- Oh!: The Movie, there's no reason for adults to come anywhere near it. Read full review
20
EmpireHelen O'Hara
No doubt its small fans are thrilled, but even young kids will have to be pretty undemanding to enjoy this mess. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyLily Burk
If your child forces you to go to Yu-Gi-Oh!, remember that there's no law against iPods in movie theaters. Read full review
20
Washington PostSara Gebhardt
There's nothing inspiring about Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, unless you count the way it compels kids to continue to support the "Yu-Gi-Oh" franchise. Read full review
10
The New York TimesDave Kehr
The character designs are flat and derivative, the backgrounds crude and uninviting, and the movements jerky and minimal. It's a sad excuse for a movie, but then, it isn't really meant to be one. It's a commercial with a ticket price. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Has the crass look and feel of a 90-minute infomercial. Read full review
10
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Impossibly dull form of niche-marketed entertainment. Read full review
0
New York PostMegan Lehmann
Exploitative rubbish. Read full review
0
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
A shabby, joyless, 90-minute slab of "advertainment." Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
It’s a lot like hearing the play-by-play account of a heated game of bridge. Only not half as gripping. Read full review
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