The Rocky Horror Picture Show Reviews

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Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
October 10, 2015
Famous for its allure as an audience-participation event, this adaptation of the stage musical works just fine as a solo viewing at home, with no resultant diminishment of its highlights.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
January 18, 2014
a lot of fun for fans of the science fiction and horror genres
Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5
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Andy Tweddle
Little White Lies
October 31, 2012
One hundred minutes of pure queer celebration that manages to concoct a bizarre cocktail of sincerity and reckless abandon.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

Total Film
October 22, 2012
It's like art-rockers Roxy Music let loose on Frankenstein - ludicrous, but oddly compelling. And it even stars Meat Loaf.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
R.L. Shaffer
IGN DVD
October 30, 2010
A great midnight movie experience in the theaters, but the film itself is a bit of a bore.
Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

Bullz-Eye.com
October 30, 2010
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
April 12, 2009
Like the hugely successful B-Movie that inspired it, Harry Novak's 1965 sexploitation classic "Kiss Me Quick!" "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is an exploitation film that draws on a grab-bag of social identifiers to expand on conventional hypocrisies...
Full Review | Original Score: A-
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Variety Staff
Variety
January 11, 2008
Most of the jokes that might have seemed jolly fun on stage now appear obvious and even flat. The sparkle's gone.
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TV Guide
January 11, 2008
The film itself is a lot of fun -- but the audience-participation phenomenon has turned it into a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
October 24, 2007
That celebration of being unique and surreal, whether Gay, straight, or just an oddball, all around.
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Brian Tallerico
UGO
March 24, 2007
Original Score: 3/5
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Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
February 9, 2007
The wit is too weak to sustain a film, and the songs all sound the same.
Full Review
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com
May 4, 2006
Best seen with wild crowd at midnight. Otherwise, nope.
Original Score: 3/5
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Geoff Andrew
Time Out
February 9, 2006
A string of hummable songs gives it momentum, Gray's admirably straight-faced narrator holds it together, and a run on black lingerie takes care of almost everything else.
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Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
August 18, 2005
If that's your kind of movie, you're in for a real treat.
Full Review | Original Score: A
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
July 2, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
April 22, 2005
Original Score: 1/5
Gregory Weinkauf
ÜberCiné
March 1, 2005
One of the greatest motion pictures ever made.
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Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
November 12, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
November 8, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
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