Hellboy: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 14 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 196 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

67

I enjoyed myself for most of Hellboy, yet the movie, a highly derivative compendium of geek dreams, is little more than a well-executed contraption.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Elvis Mitchell New York Times (Top Critic)

70

Guillermo del Toro lets loose with a vaudevillian rambunctiousness that makes his adaptation of the Hellboy comic book series daffy, loose and lovable.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

50

A fiery action picture destined to please fans of other comics-turned-adventure flicks such as X-Men. The rest of us will find ourselves left out in the cold.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Richard Harrington Washington Post (Top Critic)

Del Toro moves his story along with unrelenting energy and wit while introducing the opposing parties with admirable efficiency.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ann Hornaday Washington Post (Top Critic)

Comic book fans are sure to be delighted by Hellboy, Guillermo del Toro's surprisingly smart, graphically faithful live-action adaptation of the Mike Mignola series.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

75

An action movie with a brain, a heart, the nerve.
Full Review » 8 years ago
J. Hoberman Village Voice (Top Critic)

To his credit, del Toro does not flinch from the ridiculous. But he is equally sensitive to Hellboy's pulp poetry.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jack Mathews New York Daily News (Top Critic)

75

I don't know if Hellboy has had a Beauty and the Beast relationship in his comic-book life, but if he did, the filmmakers did right by him in casting Ron Perlman.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

67

Hellboy can be a kick -- even if you're not a devotee of the comics.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Gary Dowell Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

75

Comic book-based superhero movies are a dime a dozen these days, but few are quite like the quirky Hellboy, full of dry wit and humanizing touches that balance the requisite slam-bang action.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael Booth Denver Post (Top Critic)

88

Del Toro clearly knows exactly what he's doing. With the big budget of Hellboy, he was given the tools to do it well, along with the freedom to do it right.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

88

Hellboy is one of those rare movies that's not only based on a comic book, but also feels like a comic book. It's vibrating with energy, and you can sense the zeal and joy in its making.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Mark Caro Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

50

The movie feels at odds with itself, embracing the comics' idiosyncratic creations without an idiosyncratic worldview.
Full Review » 8 years ago
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Played by Ron Perlman, he's the most magnetic action hero I've come across in a long while, though I couldn't make heads or tails of this story.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

75

Faithful to its pulp roots and lacking the cumbersome self-seriousness of many a comic-book adaptation, Hellboy is, well, hellacious good fun.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

88

A welcome change of pace from the senseless sensibilities of most Hollywood comic-book spectacles.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

The best comic book flick since Spider-Man and a bonafide blast of a film.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

70

Comic fans should enjoy the movie, but those with only a passing interest won't be as enthralled.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Joe Leydon Variety (Top Critic)

You don't have to be a geek to appreciate the hard work and inspired choices of craftspeople who brought Hellboy into a new dimension, from page to screen.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jonathan Foreman New York Post (Top Critic)

63

Surprisingly enjoyable.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

40

While the character of Hellboy is entertaining, the film in which he appears is largely an exploitative jumble.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Geoff Pevere Toronto Star (Top Critic)

80

Easily the most adept comic book adaptation since Ghost World.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

Making no apologies for the source material, director Guillermo del Toro lets his picture gorge on power bars of pop energy, sugared with sprinkles of playful humour.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com (Top Critic)

This is the kind of movie you watch for its aura, for its appealing characters, for its marvelously sustained seriocomic romantic mood.
Full Review » 8 years ago
David Edelstein Slate (Top Critic)

It might be hell on earth, but in del Toro's hands it's schlock heaven.
Full Review » 8 years ago