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- 42Original-CinJim SlotekOriginal-CinJim SlotekSuffice to say, this is all getting explained when scary things could actually be happening. My “FUN-tasy” throughout was that the credits would roll.
- 40IGNJim VejvodaIGNJim VejvodaBlumhouse’s theatrical adaptation of the TV classic Fantasy Island never quite works as a horror film, a comedy, or a melodrama despite its attempts at being all three. It works marginally better as a mystery but by that point, you’re not as invested in the story’s outcome or its generic protagonists to muster much of a reaction.
- 30TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeIf this new movie — referred to in some circles as Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island — were a pilot for a TV reboot, it would come off as overwrought and underwritten but still possibly on the right track for a revived anthology series. As a movie, those flaws are magnified to the size of the silver screen, and its contrivances and coincidences come off as even less convincing.
- 30The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThis is all interesting from a pro-am cinema semiotics perspective, but none of it is in the least bit scary. This, really, is what happens when you take all the wrong lessons out of film school.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeIf this were the feature-length pilot episode for some cheap reboot on a streaming service — which is what it feels like — a generous viewer might half-heartedly agree to tune in next week and see if things get more interesting. But on the big screen? A sequel would be less welcome than a new episode of, say, Charlie's Angels. Or Starsky & Hutch.
- 30VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe finished film plays at times like an out-of-control pitch meeting, lurching from one ostensibly clever idea to the next without having taken the trouble to connect the dots, or even to remain consistent with the two simple rules it sets out for itself.
- 25IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichBy the time this Fantasy Island arrives at its gallingly stupid final twist, you’ll be dying to go home.
- 16The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyFantasy Island is even worse than you’d guess. Both artistically and intellectually, it’s an absolutely bankrupt enterprise.
- 0Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersLos Angeles TimesKimber MyersThe movie can only be classified as something truly terrible, escaping any other categorization that would make it resemble an actual film.