Click here to copy URL

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013

Harald Zwart

Lily Collins, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robert Sheehan ...

4.3

6,558

Fantasy. Adventure. Romance. Drama Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Lily Collins), discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother Jocelyn (Lena Headey), Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Helen O'Hara Empire	"Apparently unable to decide whether to take its own mythology seriously or not, this is a mess of sculpted cheekbones and incoherent romance. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"A trail of teasing crumbs to lead us to the inevitable sequels"	NEU
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite the overstuffed assortment of vampires, werewolves, warlocks and demons of all shapes and sizes, 'The Mortal Instruments' seldom feels like anything more than a shameless, soulless knockoff"	NEG
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A ludicrous, borderline-nonsensical supernatural concoction with a slightly redeeming sense of its own silliness"	NEU
United States	Scott Bowles USA Today	"Though it has flashes of promise, 'Bones' traces the footsteps of its fantasy film predecessors too closely to blaze anything close to an original narrative (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.