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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA slick, scary, funny Creature Feature, beautifully photographed and splendidly acted in high adventure style.
- 75USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkAn enjoyably cast, superbly shot, jolt-generating device...It isn't art, but it'll crush your bones.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittCoil up with a tub of popcorn, get a stranglehold on your soda - this is a creepy, action-packed boat ride down a jungle river with lots of huge snakes dropping by for man-sized snacks.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineVoight's performance -- one of the film's pure, trashy delights -- is all leer, sneer and macho swagger, while the rest of the actors feel like the disposable snake-fodder they are.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA silly and plodding "Jaws" rip-off about a 40-foot man-eating snake on the prowl in the Brazilian rain forest.
- 40Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonFeels like "Alien" as directed by Jim Henson. And the suspense is restricted to mundane slasher-movie tactics, including the frequent use of a mobile camera (call it the ’condacam) that’s supposed to represent the snake’s point of view.
- 40Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumJon Voight, the all-purpose villain, does a pretty good job of imitating Marlon Brando imitating a Paraguayan snake expert, but the rest of the players--including Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, Vincent Castellanos, Jonathan Hyde, and Kari Wuhrer--seem to be in a hurry to pick up their checks.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSo desperate and silly that here and there, it's a lot of fun.
- 20Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovCharmless, unfrightening, and even devoid of the requisite gratuitous nudity, Anaconda just plain bites.
- 0San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonIf only director Luis Llosa and his cast could see the joke and seize upon it; instead, like its computer-morphed snake, the film doesn't have a clever bone in its body.