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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAn expertly designed theme park ride of a movie that packs nonstop thrills.
- 60VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonDespite all the flash and filigree, this monster movie is curiously -- and conspicuously -- lacking in heart.
- 50SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinSize really is about all that this tedious, underpopulated beanbag of an epic has going for it.
- 40TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe year's most eagerly anticipated green-eyed monster finally rears its ugly head, not with his trademark radioactive roar, but a deafening yawn.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA big, ugly, ungainly device to give teenagers the impression they are seeing a movie.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe script isn't just "dumbed down," it's lobotomized.
- They do it up big, but their frame of reference -- mostly old sci-fi movies and TV shows -- is pint-sized.
- 25San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerWhen a movie is nothing but relentless action, there's little chance for dramatic tension to develop.
- 10Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorOverlong, neither funny nor scary movie about a big lizard.
- 0The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenWatching inept American actors and wishing they were badly dubbed into Japanese isn't any fun at all.