Wow. You know a film is bad when its the largest major release of the week, has been the object of a major ad campaign and one of the entertainment weeklies in a major city decides to run an article detailing the best films of its genre but can’t even be bothered to review the film itself. That happened this week … Now Magazine here in Toronto ran an article on the best comic adaptations of all time this week – similar choices to my own list, by the way – while similtaneously refusing to waste any space whatsoever on a Catwoman review. Ouch.
How bad is it? Check this out:
Metacritic score: 24 / 100
Rotten Tomatos score: 13 / 100
In short, the critics loathe it. It’s really hard to score that low.
For your reading enjoyment I present some entertaining quotes courtesy of Rotten Tomatos:
“The Showgirls of superhero movies.” Robert Elder, Chicago Tribune
“Putting Halle Berry in a tight leather suit is a good idea. The rest of the film is not.” Boo Allen, Denton Record Chronicle
“So much talent wasted. So much money squandered. So much opportunity missed.” Winda Benedetti, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
“Most of the movie has the cruddy lighting and generic, death-by-franchise atmosphere of a third-rate spectacle that’s been worked over by too many hacks.” Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“It’s bad enough that not only are careers over, but somebody should be slapped.” Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
“Catwoman has all the appeal of a hairball.” Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER
“Feels as if it‚Äôs been pieced together from a dozen or so Ally McBeal parodies posing as hip-hop videos.” Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
