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48 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83HitfixDrew McWeenyHitfixDrew McWeenyThis could easily be ground zero for a whole new series of films, but if it remains a stand-alone single movie, Edwards told an entire story, and for the first time in as long as I can remember, it feels like Godzilla actually matters.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeEdwards seems to have miscalculated our investment in his cast...simultaneously underestimating how satisfying some good old-fashioned monster-on-MUTO action can be.
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinA summer blockbuster that’s not just thrilling, but that orchestrates its thrills with such rare diligence, you want to yelp with glee.
- 75IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnEdwards manages to sustain a grim, cerebral atmosphere all the way through, as if fighting the inevitable demands of the material. The movie contains enough basic money shots to please hardcore Godzilla fans without indulging in them at every opportunity. By contemporary blockbusters standards, it's practically a minimalist enterprise.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthySuperbly made but burdened by some dull human characters enacted by an interesting international cast who can't do much with them, this new Godzilla is smart, self-aware, eye-popping and arguably in need of a double shot of cheeky wit.
- 60Film.comJames RocchiFilm.comJames RocchiThe best thing about this new Godzilla is that it spares no expense or effort to deliver big, burly IMAX-ified action... The worst thing about this new Godzilla is how that’s the best thing about it.
- 60Time OutTom HuddlestonTime OutTom HuddlestonIt’s always fun to watch scaly, skyscraper-size behemoths lay waste to civilization, but a bit more human drama wouldn’t have gone amiss.
- 58The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezGodzilla asks you to care about its characters, achieves that aspiration, earns your trust, and then not only pivots towards a far less interesting character, but abandons most of its absorbing emotional legwork for a fairly rote and straightforward rock ‘em, sock ‘em monster movie.
- 40The GuardianPaul MacInnesThe GuardianPaul MacInnesWhile many people might want to go to the cinema to see Godzilla, what they get instead is a load of homosapiens desperately trying to put a human face on the drama.
- 30TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissEdwards’ Godzilla dawdles toward its Doomsday climax; the movie could win a prize for Least Stuff Happening in the First Two-Thirds of an Action Film... It’s a concept lacking a magnetic story, a package without a product.