Metacritic Movie Ratings
Dragonball: Evolution Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  Village Voice

  Far more entertaining than it deserves to be, unless you're a 10-year-old boy, in which case it's only the greatest movie ever made.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesNathan Lee

  May or may not appeal to fans of the Japanese fantasy franchise it is based on, but aficionados of apocalyptic teenybopper kung fu extravaganzas are in for a real treat.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Entertainment Weekly

  Marvel at the fact that something this trippy made it to our local multiplex.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Variety

  A popular Japanese manga series gets a pleasing if paint-by-numbers live-action makeover in Dragonball Evolution, which half-heartedly tries to keep the faith for its pubescent male fanbase.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Director James Wong ("Final Destination") and writer Ben Ramsey are utterly blas in their approach to the series' mythology and structure, cobbling together an 84-minute movie that seems to exist only to rile up fanboys. On that count -- and that count alone -- Dragonball Evolution triumphs.

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• 20

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck

  Completely lacking in visual, narrative or stylistic coherence, the film also suffers from cheap-looking visual effects and poorly staged and edited action sequences that will not exactly please the fanboys.

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