Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations

The Ninth Gate

:

Critics' Reviews

80
Salon.com: Charles Taylor
Amusing, ultra-deadpan entertainment. The director was lucky enough to have a cast who were in on the joke and tuned in to his wavelength.Read Full Review »
75
Philadelphia Inquirer: Gary Thompson
Begins to take on a striking resemblance to the infamously bad "Eyes Wide Shut."Read Full Review »
50
USA Today: Mike Clark
The script is so bereft of real surprises that it's best to keep the lid on what few there are.Read Full Review »
50
NewsWeek: Andrea C. Basora
As long as Polanski keeps his focus on character and ambiance, the film is an eerie pleasure. But he doesn't, and it degenerates into a second-rate chase movie which takes its supernatural overtones either too seriously or too lightly to be convincing.Read Full Review »
40
The New York Times: A.O. Scott
About as scary as a sock-puppet re-enactment of "The Blair Witch Project," and not nearly as funny.Read Full Review »
40
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Lacking noticeable energy or drive, its almost visceral distaste for dramatic momentum is puzzling, especially in a film about the black arts.Read Full Review »
33
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
A film not even a star as foxed and foxy as Johnny Depp himself could save.Read Full Review »
30
Village Voice: J. Hoberman
Never quite becomes unwatchable.Read Full Review »
25
Boston Globe: Jay Carr
A supernatural thriller that is neither super, natural, nor thrilling.Read Full Review »
20
Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
Polanski, generally, has fallen farther than Lucifer, and into a more profoundly depressing hell, the hell of utter banality.Read Full Review »
See all The Ninth Gate reviews at metacritic.com »