The big challenge is setting aside the Perlman-as-Hellboy prejudice.
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03/31/04
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Hellboy (2004)
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Reviews Counted:190
Fresh:153
Rotten:37
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Hellboy is pretty derivative, but there's enough wit and humor here to keep it entertaining.
Theatrical Release:Apr 2, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $59,035,104
Synopsis: Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic... [More]
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, John Hurt
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
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Reviews for Hellboy
del Toro’s focus on the mood and the effects unfortunately causes the characters to suffer
03/31/04
Ron Perlman as Hellboy might be the best casting ever of a superhero...he's cooler than the movie is.
03/30/04
I’ve never laid an eye on Mignola’s comic, but I know a good del Toro film when I see it.
03/30/04
A long, violent, cigar commercial that's for Hellboy comic book fans only.
03/30/04
If it weren’t for the sag in the story’s pacing halfway through that threatens to have the whole thing implode in on itself, it would be a perfect flight of fancy.
03/30/04
Del Toro's distinctive stamp of texture and undercurrents are all over this movie--You're in for a helluva good time!
03/30/04
You don't have to be a geek to appreciate the hard work and inspired choices of craftspeople who brought Hellboy into a new dimension, from page to screen.
03/29/04
Top CriticThe sheer ingenuity and obvious joy del Toro puts into the major action sequences lifts the movie out of the mundane.
03/29/04
Top Critic... I loved about 49 percent of this movie but I hated 51 percent of it so I'm going to give this film thumbs down.
03/29/04
Top CriticAn enjoyable, wide-ranging and well-crafted film.
09/30/03
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April 21, 2009:
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November 12, 2008:
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