Godzilla: King of the Monsters

critic Reviews

, 42% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters delivers spectacular kaiju action -- and reaffirms that cutting-edge effects are still no substitute for a good story.
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    Tim CogshellFilmWeek (LAist)
    The sound effects in this movie are extraordinary. That roar that Godzilla does? I gotta tell you that I kind of love that. I might make it the dial tone on my phone.
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    Esther ZuckermanThrillist
    The cast is stacked with otherwise brilliant actors stuck in a borderline incomprehensible plot and forced to play second fiddle to monsters whose powers of wonder wear off fast.
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    Wenlei MaNews.com.au
    Sometimes you have to be honest about the movie you really are - smashy smash. If you can reconcile that, then it's not so awful.
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    Sara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
    I thoroughly enjoyed director Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of the Monsters. It made me smile.
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    Udita JhunjhunwalaLivemint
    It's just a big-budget waste of resources that weakly attempts some eco-warrior gibberish and leans heavily on disaster movie clichés.
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    Linda MarricThe Jewish Chronicle
    Godzilla: King Of The Monsters presents such a preposterous and idiotic plot, that even those with expert knowledge of the franchise might find it impossible to follow.
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    Justin KimLoud and Clear Reviews
    Godzilla: King of the Monsters deserves credit as a textbook example of breathtaking kaiju cinematography, even if its uneven writing brings it down.


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    Calum CooperSource (Scotland)
    The film isn’t as aggressively bad as some people are claiming. But it is boring, and that’s arguably worse.
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    Felix Vasquez Jr.Cinema Crazed
    Works on its own, and as a chapter in a larger movie universe that pays off quite well.
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    Josh LarsenLarsenOnFilm
    ...features far sludgier CGI than the two previous MonsterVerse installments.
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