The pedestrian Elektra offers no surprises, and whether or not you'll appreciate its modest charms depends entirely on whether you too have been anticipating Garner's new outfit.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
"Kill Bill" without irony, and without Quentin Tarantino's flair for cool dialogue and chop-socky action (and without Uma Thurman, for that matter), Elektra is a pretty-looking, pretty dull adaptation of the Marvel Comic about a dishy, deadly assassin.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
One of the least effective comic book-to-movie stories to have come along in the past few years. Without a viable screenplay, there's nowhere for the character to go, and no way to avoid making her look silly.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Her (Garner) grace and mystical abilities make for a lonely burden, and we are supposed to feel her pain. Instead, we feel our own for having to sit through this silly movie.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Charles Taylor
What's missing -- apart, of course, from a plot -- is any character development.Read Full Review »
No question, the film's best special effect is Ms. Garner, especially when she's in costume.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Plays like a collision between leftover bits and pieces of Marvel superhero stories. It can't decide what tone to strike.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Just as all regular models can't be supermodels, so all action chicks can't be superheroines. Elektra Natchios turns out to be walled off rather than mysteriously alluring; blank rather than deep.Read Full Review »
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