Anaconda Reviews
September 9, 2020
One of those horror films that intends to be serious, scary, and bloody, but turns out laughably hokey.
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| Original Score: 3/10
April 8, 2020
One of the highlights of... the last Golden Age of so-bad-it's-good cinema.
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| Original Score: 2/5
August 15, 2018
Yet somehow, Anaconda racks up a winning score (and body count) with a mix of imagination and humour.
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| Original Score: 3/5
January 5, 2018
The monster looks like a maniacal garden hose in a couple of sequences. Still, it delivers the necessary thrills and chills.
October 3, 2012
Original Score: C
May 20, 2011
An above average specimen hungering for tasty morsels.
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| Original Score: 3/5
July 6, 2010
Just to show, early on, how much danger these folks are in, we get to see the film's titular star squeeze a black panther so tight that one of its eyeballs pops out.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
July 6, 2010
Anaconda, directed by Luis Llosa with all of the subtlety of a snake-oil salesman, is in the great tradition of cinematic cheese, as processed as Kraft Singles slices.
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| Original Score: B-
June 10, 2009
In its natural habitat, Anaconda can be appreciated for its campy pleasures, not the least of which is Jon Voight in a delirious, balls-out performance as creepy Paraguayan snake poacher Paul Serone. [Blu-ray]
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
January 20, 2009
...never quite lives up to the promise of its admittedly irresistible set-up...
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| Original Score: 2/4
October 18, 2008
A silly and plodding Jaws rip-off about a 40-foot man-eating snake on the prowl in the Brazilian rain forest.
August 26, 2006
Luis Llosa's Anaconda is great "B" movie trash, complete with bad special effects and cheesy monsters.
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| Original Score: 3/4
February 9, 2006
One never questions the realism of the remarkable animatronic and computer-generated effects, but it's hard to credit a snake that screams.
December 31, 2005
If you shut your brain down you'll have some fun.
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| Original Score: 6/10
December 6, 2005
At its best, it refuses to take itself seriously and literally winks at us. But more often, it derives laughs unintentionally.
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| Original Score: 1/5
April 9, 2005
Done with such a wry sense of humor - thanks, especially, to an over-the-top, hopefully intentional, outrageous performance by Jon Voight, and some nifty snake effects - that you forgive its derivative nature and settle down for some fun.
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| Original Score: B-
December 29, 2003
Anaconda suffers from one-dimensional characters and cliches.
Original Score: 4/10
October 24, 2003
Original Score: 0/4
March 9, 2003
Both Ice Cube and Voigt are fun to watch in the film. The other actors are forgettable.
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| Original Score: C
November 7, 2002
Original Score: 4.5/5