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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceApril WolfeVillage VoiceApril WolfeThe strongest aspect of Therapy for a Vampire is its exquisite visual homage to the vamp films of old, and also the screwballs.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniPhiladelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniA stylish, painterly picture that evokes classic horror films from the 1930s.
- 60Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAlthough amusing and filled with many well-timed comic bits, especially by the deft Moretti, the movie loses some of its farcical steam en route and suffers from a diffused point of view.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeRuhm's lively pace keeps the plot's essential silliness from growing tiresome, even if it never kicks into the high-octane farce the picture seems to seek.
- 50The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisIt has little bite and not nearly enough laughs or thought.
- 50RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiThe latest film to attempt to find the lighter side of bloodsuckers and it even adds a reasonably inspired idea into the mix. Alas, the result is a thoroughly mediocre movie that is never as amusing as it should be.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleTherapy for a Vampire has nothing to say. It just has stuff happening, none of it repulsive and all of it performed by competent actors, but that’s just not enough.
- 40VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanIf a diagram were the same thing as a script, then Therapy for a Vampire might be a smashingly silly lark. But as written and directed by Daniel Ruehl, the film is a blueprint of mild anemic kitsch.