Despite the rococo obsessiveness of its special effects and its voracious sampling of past horror movies, Van Helsing is mostly content to offer warmed-over allusions and secondhand thrills.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
The dashing Jackman plays his part well enough, but the script doesn't provide sufficient "Indiana Jones"-style bons mots to win us over.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
The effect for viewers is that of having inserted one's head in a kettledrum that is being pounded on by drunken monkeys.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Kind of like a basketball team of all-stars -- no names, please -- that has difficulty jelling into one smooth and efficient unit.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Van Helsing wears its price tag on its ruffled lamé sleeve. And yet it gives off an aura of what I can only call lavish cheapness.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Instead of paying homage to these creepy creatures of bygone Hollywood, Sommers seems to be unwittingly lampooning them. The first few minutes of Van Helsing, shot in black and white, look like outtakes from Mel Brooks' gagfest "Young Frankenstein."Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
We haven't had a good Frankenstein, Dracula, or Wolf Man movie in a long time, so here's one where the whole gang shows up. One catch: It's not good.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Van Helsing, a fusion of eye candy and brain sputter, is a long, kinetic, yet dreary mess.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Ed Park
In Van Helsing, the orgy of morphing, shrieking, lightning-cracking, and habitual rope-swinging quickly turns oppressive.Read Full Review »
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