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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThis is an elaborate production, but all the jazzy sets and explosions in the world can't disguise the story's complete lack of urgency.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThis new film version, sad to say, is a hollow shell of the original series.
- 25ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis film is an absolute mess.
- 20Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourLos Angeles TimesGene SeymourSo how then do you duplicate a magic aura from 30 years ago? You don't.
- 20Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThe grasping novelty of the visuals doesn't rival the uncharismatic leads or the hopelessly, unironically banal plot.
- 10L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisIt's shockingly inert.
- 10SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorThe film flails incoherently from set to set, trying to be kicky and madcap and pop, but with no sense of the show's casual acceptance of the absurd.
- 10The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIt's a film to gall fans of the old television series and perplex anyone else.
- 0The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsIt's almost fascinating to witness just how lousy The Avengers really is.
- 0San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's a completely botched effort -- botched in its direction, its writing and editing.