Alien 3: Critic Reviews

84%

MovieWeb: 5 reviews

39%

RottenTomatoes: 42 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

84

A grimly seductive end-of-the-world thriller, with pop-tragic overtones that build in resonance as the movie goes on.
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Vincent Canby New York Times (Top Critic)

63

Alien 3 belongs to that branch of fantasy comics, best exemplified by the Road Warrior movies, in which the iron and space ages meet for dizzy results.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Hal Hinson Washington Post (Top Critic)

There are a few narrative twists, but not enough new ideas to keep us guessing. In the end, we're stuck running through air shafts and corridors again.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

Ironically, Alien 3 is not a bad movie. In fact -- here's the rub -- it's too interesting to make an exciting summer flick.
Full Review » 12 years ago
John Hartl Film.com (Top Critic)

May satisfy fans of the earlier films ... but it won't win any new converts.
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

38

Barely watchable and not especially enjoyable.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

Bold and haunting
Full Review » 11 years ago
Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy

60

Too conceptually disjointed to live in the imagination after it's over, like its predecessors.
Full Review » 1 year ago
R. L. Shaffer IGN DVD

80

It's a shame that Alien 3 nearly ruined the [Alien] franchise, but that doesn't make it a bad movie, just a bad sequel.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Charles Cassady Common Sense Media

20

Grim, nihilistic sequel in none-too-cheery series.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness

75

A fascinating, often fantastic, film, one simultaneously indebted to and self-consciously divorced from its acclaimed predecessors in ways both clunky and inspired.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Blake French Filmcritic.com

60

The problem lies within the weak storyline.
Full Review » 3 years ago
JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Emporium

70

Full Review » 6 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

50

The movie is flawed, but in his feature debut David Fincher shows a lot of promise for better things to come, especially when visuals and tone are concerned.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Geoff Andrew Time Out

Good acting has salvaged many a poor script in the past, but not here.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jean-Francois Vandeuren Panorama

90

Tournure inattendue trop souvent sous-estime, Alien pourrait bien tre en fait la suite la plus accomplie d'une saga incontournable.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Spence D. IGN Movies

40

Full Review » 8 years ago
Sean Burns Philadelphia Weekly

Fox's DVD restoration/mea culpa of Fincher's original edit is cause for celebration. The studio cut seemed glibly nihilistic --this time when she jumps, it means something.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews

40

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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion

40

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

38

The advertisements promise '3 times the suspense. 3 times the danger. 3 times the terror.' The only thing Alien3 has triple of is the word 'f--k.'
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine

38

The soulless Alien is essentially an amalgam of power shots.
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Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI)

40

Flashy, flawed sequel that doesn't deliver the chills of the first or the thrills of the second
Full Review » 9 years ago
Gabe Leibowitz Film and Felt

63

Manages to get the job done if you temper your expectation to a modest level.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal

40

Full Review » 9 years ago