Metacritic Movie Ratings
Angels & Demons Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  This kind of film requires us to be very forgiving, and if we are, it promises to entertain. Angels & Demons succeeds.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Plucking the same violent, occult strings as "Da Vinci" while avoiding its leadenness, Angels keeps the action coming for the best part of 139 minutes.

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• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The new movie is an opulent-bordering-on-hysterical mass of chitchat and chase scenes.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  Less turgid and aggravating than its predecessor, this cleverly produced melodrama remains hamstrung by novelist's Dan Brown's laborious connect-the-dots plotting and the filmmakers' prosaic literal-mindedness in the face of ripe historical antagonisms, mystery and intrigue.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Ultimately everything wilts under the weight of the complicated story lines of its many saints and sinners.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  This movie, without being particularly good, is nonetheless far less hysterical than "Da Vinci."

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Angels doesn't know when to quit: Just when you think it's over, it continues.

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