Constantine's incoherent plotting ruins the comicbook's frazzled, hard-bitten edge.
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03/08/05
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Constantine (2005)
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Reviews Counted:207
Fresh:95
Rotten:112
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Despite solid production values and an intriguing premise, Constantine lacks the focus of another spiritual shoot-em-up, The Matrix.
Theatrical Release:Feb 18, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $75,500,759
Synopsis: John Constantine has been to hell and back. Born with a gift he didn't want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin, Constantine... [More]
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton
Director: Francis Lawrence
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Reviews for Constantine
While haters might go into the movie hoping Keanu will go to hell, Constantine is not so bad as to make you continue to feel the hate.
03/06/05
Brimming with good ideas but fails to exorcise the demons of audience pandering.
03/06/05
...a spiritually spry yet lumbering fantasy...The technological flourishes are a marvel to behold but the film’s erratic journey is as choppy as a country dirt road
03/06/05
Reeves is more wooden than the cross and is about as sexy
03/06/05
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03/05/05
Obviously toned-down from the comic, it's still a pretty provocative piece - a slyly funny Biblical detective story (sort of a Sunday School film noir.)
03/05/05
It's difficult to understand what Constantine is about, or indeed, whether it's a good movie.
03/03/05
Keanu Reeves is a chain-smoking, tough-talking, and ***-kicking Exorcist, taking out the demonic trash like a hybrid of Father Karras and Mike Hammer
03/03/05
Maybe some of the audience should wonder if they aren’t performing the Devil’s work by sitting so quietly through movies that turn wonders into garbage.
03/01/05
Top CriticWhere The Exorcist, The Prophecy, and ... Dogma have all ventured, Constantine gives the middle finger and delves into darker territory.
03/01/05
A construct of heaven and hell that makes no sense, and changes when the plot requires it, is the least of its problems.
03/01/05
Devilishly more entertaining than it has any right to be.
02/28/05
plays more like a bunch of vaguely realized ideas strung haphazardly together than it does as a coherent story with rhythm and purpose
02/27/05
A stylish energy sustains this film even when it begins to drift into draggy incoherence.
02/27/05
"Constantine" isn't heavenly. But it's an interesting enough look at what lies beyond.
02/27/05
...entirely miscast...
02/27/05
If you've ever wanted to see Keanu Reeves go to hell, this is your chance.
02/24/05
I’d call it anticlimactic if there were any rising action ...
02/24/05
Se queda en algún punto intermedio, un purgatorio de las cintas que no pueden ir al Infierno pero que, lo siento por la inversión, tampoco se ganan el Cielo.
02/24/05
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