Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019, Adventure/Sci fi, 2h 12m
346 Reviews 25,000+ RatingsWhat to know
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters delivers spectacular kaiju action -- and reaffirms that cutting-edge effects are still no substitute for a good story. Read critic reviews
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Dr. Mark Russell
Dr. Emma Russell
Madison Russell
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Dr. Ilene Chen, Dr. Ling
Dr. Rick Stanton
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Critic Reviews for Godzilla: King of the Monsters
All Critics (346) | Top Critics (65) | Fresh (147) | Rotten (199)
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The sound effects in this movie are extraordinary. That roar that Godzilla does? I gotta tell you that I kind of love that. I might make it the dial tone on my phone.
September 30, 2019 | Full Review… -
The cast is stacked with otherwise brilliant actors stuck in a borderline incomprehensible plot and forced to play second fiddle to monsters whose powers of wonder wear off fast.
June 27, 2019 | Full Review… -
Sometimes you have to be honest about the movie you really are - smashy smash. If you can reconcile that, then it's not so awful.
June 21, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
It's typical of the film to set up a major sequence in which flying monsters Mothra and Rodan dog-fight, only to cut that short and follow Mark as he struggles to open some airplane doors.
June 21, 2019 | Full Review… -
I thoroughly enjoyed director Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of the Monsters. It made me smile.
June 6, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
It's just a big-budget waste of resources that weakly attempts some eco-warrior gibberish and leans heavily on disaster movie clichés.
June 5, 2019 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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Dec 12, 2019All hell breaks loose in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, a big budget monster movie. When a group of eco-terrorists free all of the creatures Monarch has neutralized, a wave of destruction heretofore unseen sweeps across the earth and it's up to Godzilla to restore order. The plot is pretty ridiculous and its politics couldn't be more heavy-handed. Still, the creature designs and special effects are extraordinary. And the monster fights are fun and exciting. It has its problem and goes off the rails a bit, but Godzilla: King of the Monsters is entertaining and delivers the carnage and destruction that it promises.Dann M Super Reviewer
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Jul 15, 2019It's dumb. Really dumb. And I don't mean "Oh it's a big, noisy action movie and it doesn't engage you very much mentally so that means it's stupid", I'm talking like, the rules contained within just this movie are frequently broken, and a big chunk of the ideas make no sense by the end. Dumb. But I still had a pretty good time with King of the Monsters (kind of a weird title to give Godzilla when the tagline for the sequel is "God VS King", and Godzilla is not the king in that matchup, but I digress). The quality of the CGI varies drastically, but when it's good, it's just enough to get me over the line to enjoying it to the point I can give the movie a positive review.Gimly M Super Reviewer
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Jul 05, 2019I love Godzilla movies. The Japanese original is one of the greatest movies ever made, the rest are consistently at least entertaining. This one, yeah, it's fun. It's not great, but it's Godzilla, and it's fun. They go much bigger with the number of fan monsters, and I enjoyed that, and even throw in some new ones. There isn't anything cinematically notable like there was in the last American film this time around though. That one had such a sense of scale to it, and this one it's really just a monster movie. But as far as monster movies go, it's a pretty good one. I wish there was more light during the monster fights, and for that matter I just wish there were more monster fights (despite what people are saying I don't think this is the non-stop monster brawl that's been advertised), but for what we got I enjoyed it. Look, I'm a simple man, you give me two giant creatures punching each other, I'm happy. This movie did that.Michael M Super Reviewer
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Jun 17, 2019This is a one concept plotline and on that front it fails. When it comes to action and special effects, this film delivers. This film is still better than Transformers for example, the action does serve a purpose to the overall storyline. I was slightly lost on why they chose this character storyline, an odd choice and one that doesn't deliver. I liked the film, but the mythology was growing tiresome towards the end. There was a better film here, one that deserved the five year gap. 16/06/2019Brendan N Super Reviewer
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