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Avg. Critic Score: 50 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
16 Iffy for 16+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    An engrossing mix of atmospheric gothic horror and smart sci-fi that's cemented by intriguing mythology, terrific visual effects, a dry sense of humor and an ideally cast Keanu Reeves. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Carina Chocano

    Keanu Reeves has no peer when it comes to playing these sort of messianic roles -- he infuses them with a Zen blankness and serenity that somehow gets him through even the unlikeliest scenes with a quiet, unassuming dignity. Read full review

  • 63
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    The choice for the uninitiated is simple: Take the ride for its fitful thrills and dark elements, or just say the hell with it. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The movie is ornate, arbitrary, and fetishistic, too, with the added challenge of being hell to follow for those without access to crib notes. Intellectually, I can admire the emphasis on visual style over plot clarity. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety |

    This adaptation of the graphic novel "Hellblazer" blazes few new trails and bogs down in a confusing narrative muddle. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    Tilda Swinton is the Angel Gabriel, adding a touch of high-class celestial cross-dressing to this overblown, overlong attempt - which falls just short of success - to make a movie dumber than "Van Helsing." Read full review

  • 40
    Washington Post |

    Much of Constantine simply portends. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    Couldn't be murkier or less emotionally involving if it were "The Matrix 8," a natural observation because Keanu Reeves stars in both. Read full review

  • 38
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Strange, that movies about Satan always require Catholics. You never see your Presbyterians or Episcopalians hurling down demons. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    The movie isn't hellish, because there's always hope of leaving it. It's more like purgatory, two whole hours of it. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+ Visuals and attitude -- not for kids.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie has extensive, intense, and graphic peril and violence, disturbing images, and suicides. Characters are injured and killed. There is some strong language, though less than in many R-rated movies. Characters drink, and a character is a chain smoker and is dying of lung cancer. Some viewers may be concerned about the portrayal of theological concepts, clergy members, angels, and demons.
  • Families can talk about their own notions of heaven and hell and free will. What matters most to John? To Angela? To Midnite?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Not an issue
What to watch for
  • violence false5 Violence: Intense and graphic violence and disturbing images, suicides.
  • sex false3 Sex: Some sexual references.
  • language false3 Language: Some strong language.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Character has lung cancer from constant smoking, drinking.
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