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Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019

Michael Dougherty

Vera Farmiga, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford ...

4.9

9,042

Sci-Fi. Action. Fantasy The members of the cryptozoological agency Monarch face off against a battery of god sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient superspecies, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Easily the most satisfying of his Hollywood-produced adventures and a respectable cousin to the long string of Japanese ones"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[Dougherty] gets the job done, staging a movie that, at its best, makes for a giddy and satisfying clash of the titans (...) But for every high point, there’s a moment when the thrill threatens to leak away."	NEU
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"As in the 2014 film, this 'Godzilla' is a stouter fellow than we have seen in previous incarnations (...) But he gets the wreaking-international-havoc job done, as do the many other monsters"	POS
United States	Hau Chu The Washington Post	"[It] tries a little too hard to correct course from what some saw as its predecessor’s flaws. The movie does not roar, but rather emits only a serviceable yelp."	NEU
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"The whole movie is indistinguishable rubble (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"The main attraction is seeing these gigantic creatures brought to life via the wonders of computer-generated imagery (...) Yet the net effect is more numbing than stirring"	NEU
United States	William Bibbiani Bloody Disgusting	"A big, kinda silly, but otherwise exciting blockbuster. It’s gorgeous, it’s epic in the extreme, and it features some of the most impressive monster fights you’ve ever seen. (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"I was tempted to start this review with some long, thoughtful wind-up about how every generation gets the Godzilla movie it deserves. But why bother (...) [It] is not a good movie. In fact, it’s a pretty terrible one"	NEG
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"A sloppy, stitched-together offering with no sense of self."	NEG
United States	Don Kaye Den of Geek	"[It] is as enjoyable, electrifying, and satisfying a kaiju extravaganza as a fan could possibly want. The bar has been met and even exceeded, and the crown can now pass to this iteration of the king (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"Of course the monsters should be the stars of a Godzilla movie. But (...) some attention should be paid to the rest of it as well."	NEU
United States	Scott Collura IGN	"A fun exercise in giant monster madness that indulges in all the kaiju fights fans and even casual viewers could hope for."	POS
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"It’s a pity the world built around all that jaw-dropping monster mayhem is so damn dull (...) The ultimate kaiju smack-down shouldn’t be this boring."	NEU
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Hollywood finally gets kaiju big battles right"	POS
United States	Matt Singer Screen Crush	"[It] is as narratively incomprehensible as it is visually, with an even-more-talented roster of overqualified actors tasked with carrying the film’s insipid story"	NEG
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"A clunky sequel has rare moments of visual splendour but they can’t disguise a laughable script with a ramshackle narrative (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"You won't leave disappointed. At the same time -- almost impressively -- director and co-screenwriter Michael Dougherty is savvy enough to make the human drama monster-shaped (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ben Travis Empire	"Globe-trotting but not adventurous, action-packed but not remotely exciting, utterly overstuffed and completely paper-thin. Nuke it from orbit (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Sarah McIntyre RTÉ	"It’s an action movie of epic proportions (...) Unfortunately, it’s also let down by a lacking script and somewhat nonsensical plot (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"More cliches than a 1970s disaster movie (...) It’s maddeningly confusing (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"[A] daft and badly orchestrated sequel (...) [The big guy] looks bored with this whole enterprise, and I am much of his opinion (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Canada	Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"[It] is stupendous stupidity (...) Godzilla thrashes and stomps his way into our hearts with ease (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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