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Phantoms Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 2.0
    26

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally unfavorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 10

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    The movie's computer animation is so cut-rate and its direction (by Joe Chappelle) so slack that the attacks are virtually terror-free.

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  • 12

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

    Phantoms may have sold like hotcakes as a book. But this movie version is a grotesque fiasco, a confoundingly senseless story told with unexciting visuals, cliched dialogue and ear-bashing sounds... Watching it is a truly hellish experience. [23 Jan 1998]

  • 16

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Ty Burr

    It's nearly unwatchable, a farrago of confusing direction, stupid plot coincidences, and banal dialogue.

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  • 25

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    A movie, based on the popular Dean Koontz novel, that seems to have been made by grinding up other films and feeding them to this one.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

    Until it coughs up a ridiculously convoluted explanation of why an isolated town in Colorado suddenly goes deader than a weekday matinee of "The Postman," Phantoms delivers the shivers.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    ReelViews James Berardinelli

    A horror film that starts out creepy but ends up disjointed and borderline- incoherent. It's a shame that the final product isn't a little better packaged because, unlike many lame entries into the genre, this one actually contains a few interesting, philosophically titillating ideas.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    Well-crafted in most aspects, Phantoms is finally more ambitious than satisfying. It also could have used more humor. But it can't be accused of insulting the intelligence of its audiences.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety

    Pic's virtues all stem from taking its genre imperatives absolutely seriously rather than condescending to them or playing cute. Even venerable O'Toole resists what must have been an obvious temptation to wink at his role, and delivers a solid, enjoyable turn.

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