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02/08/03
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The Queen of the Damned (2002)
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Reviews Counted:127
Fresh:21
Rotten:106
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: A muddled and campy MTV-styled vampire movie with lots of eye candy and bad accents.
Theatrical Release:Feb 22, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $30,257,994
Synopsis: A deep, dark, stylistic adaptation of the book by Anne Rice from her hugely popular series of vampire novels, THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED is like a Nine Inch Nails rock video. Undernourished goth club... [More]
Starring: Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez
Director: Michael Rymer
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Reviews for The Queen of the Damned
Screenwriters Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni have turned Rice's complex Akasha into a cartoon monster.
01/21/03
... pretends the events happening are really as earth-shaking as the plot suggests, all the while reveling in bits of cheese... make sure you take your sunglasses in with you since the sun will be shining when you leave the matinee.
12/29/02
The three lead actors turn in worthy performances.
12/17/02
Sadly, it seems that someone thought they could make a buck by releasing one of Aaliyah's last works and have given audiences a film that is insensitive to her passing and is easily one of the worst I have seen.
12/08/02
It’s only Aaliyah that makes it watchable. For vampire lovers and Goth Rockers only.
10/30/02
All flash and no substance.
10/21/02
Basically, the film didn't make much sense to me, it didn't introduce me to any characters that I cared or knew much about.
08/30/02
It's a soundtrack in search of a movie.
08/26/02
The relentlessly tacky movie that the ‘80s left behind
08/24/02
Although there was hardly a clamoring among the filmgoing public for a sequel ... the popularity of Rice's series seemed reason enough to resurrect the characters.
08/22/02
Its look with haunt you.
08/17/02
...there's not a moment of fright or a modicum of suspense in any of its 101 minutes.
08/13/02
It's loud, garish, very stupid ... and thoroughly enjoyable rubbish.
08/12/02
Queen of the Damned leaves us puzzled as to why the term 'damned' applies at all, when vampirism is depicted as so cool, fashion-savvy and glamorous.
07/20/02
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06/13/02
In a 102-minute film, Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time. ... most viewers will wish there had been more of the "Queen" and less of the "Damned."
06/03/02
Muddled, trashy and incompetent
04/21/02
Making 100 minutes seem like an eternity, Michael Rymer's film is deathly tedious.
04/16/02
It all looks very weak, and my heart went out to the excellent Paul McGann, who has to play a occult researcher looking permanently appalled at what is happening. As well he might.
04/15/02
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