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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA horror comedy much closer to the actor-riffing drollery of Edgar Wright and Christopher Guest than "Scary Movie"-style splatstick, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead is one sly slice of the ridiculous.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfLike the vampires that cavort throughout it, this horror-comedy doesn’t have much chance of surviving the harsh light of scrutiny--but as a loopy, antiserious lark, it should prove plenty alive on the midnight-movie circuit.
- 60L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyAll of the riffs are twice and thrice removed, but the effect is lively rather than tiresome, largely on the strength of game performances, Sean Lennon's atmospheric score and writer/director Jordan Galland's clear affection for his sources.
- 50The New York TimesMike HaleThe New York TimesMike HaleA toothless satire whose targets include vampire mania, low-rent theater, indie romantic comedies, Scorsese, Shakespeare and “Law & Order,” it plays like a Web series expanded to feature length, or an adaptation of one of the Naked Angels’ staged serial soap operas.
- 50Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinStarts off feeling clever and original but turns silly and diffused as its convoluted story spins out.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA horror spoof that has little reason for being, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead pretty much uses up its quotient of wit with the title.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThis loopy farce has the feel of a wacky off-off-Broadway play with more energy than wit, but it has its moments. And the laid-back acting of Hoffman (son of Dustin) just about holds it together.
- 20This is a movie so in love with its own supposed cleverness that it never realizes it's not all that clever.