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08/25/08
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Hellboy (2004)
80 %
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Reviews Counted: 189
Fresh: 151
Rotten:38
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Consensus: Hellboy is pretty derivative, but there's enough wit and humor here to keep it entertaining.
Runtime: 2 hrs 12 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
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 hero enlisted by an occult scholar... [More]
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, John Hurt
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
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Reviews for Hellboy
Del Toro and Perlman essentially make you forget that Hellboy's this bizarre creature because Perlman invests him with such humanity. And maybe what makes him most human are his flaws.
07/10/08
Ron Perlman--the Lon Chaney of our time--plays Hellboy with grit, humor, and a depth of feeling which, barely, grounds the movie.
07/05/08
Artistically resonant even as it deliberately follows a contemporary narrative structure.
06/12/08
Perlman, at age 53, strides in like a hungry young actor itching to prove something, only with 22 years of experience lending him charisma and confidence.
09/17/07
Played by Ron Perlman, he's the most magnetic action hero I've come across in a long while, though I couldn't make heads or tails of this story.
04/18/07
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Unfortunately, after setting up this fresh blue-collar scenario in the movie's first hour, Del Toro wallows in pyrotechnics.
04/18/07
As expertly played by Perlman, even with tons of make-up and prostheteics, our hero is a good 'monster' whose origin haunts him to the bone.
09/29/06
Del Toro, in love with his source but never overawed by it, keeps things moving; Perlman ties it together with some of the driest witticisms this side of Indiana Jones. Like we said: fun.
06/24/06
Del Toro’s energized adventure has humor, excitement, and soul to burn.
05/04/05
Aside from some of the specifics, we’ve seen all this before. The film steals from everything from Batman to The X-Files and while there’s lots and lots of good violent fun...
01/15/05
... a dull, derivative, poorly plotted movie. Hellboy's enemies are interesting at first, but they wear out their welcome quickly.
12/31/04
Perlman has not only the towering body, sculpted face, and commanding voice for such a role, he exudes a very humane heart.
10/13/04
Hellboy sometimes pumps new life into the shopworn conventions on which it is based, but never entirely manages to transcend its pulpy origins.
09/23/04
The trouble with computer graphics in films these days is that a computer doesn't have half the imagination of a human.
09/16/04
Succeeds because it brings the visuals from the page to life with a beating red heart.
09/07/04
Latest News for Hellboy
July 13, 2008:
Guillermo del Toro - RT's Dinner and the Movies Interview
We have an extended chat with the director of Cronos, Pan's Labyrinth and this week's Hellboy II to talk about his career past, present and future and tap him for juicy... More...
April 24, 2008:
Del Toro Says Hellboy Can't Count Past Three 
Guillermo del Toro has told reporters that he'd only do a third Hellboy film on the condition that it's the franchise's final installment. More...
April 04, 2008:
Trailer Bulletin: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
On July 11, Guillermo del Toro brings Hellboy back to a theater near you, with Hellboy II: The Golden Army -- and he's just unveiled a new trailer to get you excited about it. More...
January 30, 2008:
New Hellboy II Images Online!
It's been a few months since Guillermo del Toro gave us a peek at what's going on behind the curtain with Hellboy II: The Golden Army. What do you say we check in on Ron Perlman... More...
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