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Avg. Critic Score: 34 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 Iffy for 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Her (Garner) grace and mystical abilities make for a lonely burden, and we are supposed to feel her pain. Instead, we feel our own for having to sit through this silly movie. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety |

    Elektra proves no more than fitfully satisfying, a character-driven superhero yarn whose flurry of last-minute rewriting shows in a disjointed plot. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Carina Chocano

    No fun at all. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    No question, the film's best special effect is Ms. Garner, especially when she's in costume. Read full review

  • 38
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Plays like a collision between leftover bits and pieces of Marvel superhero stories. It can't decide what tone to strike. Read full review

  • 33
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Just as all regular models can't be supermodels, so all action chicks can't be superheroines. Elektra Natchios turns out to be walled off rather than mysteriously alluring; blank rather than deep. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    What it suffers from most is the sense of offhand storytelling that lies halfway between creative laziness and cost-cutting sloppiness. Read full review

  • 30
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Along comes Elektra to effectively lower the bar for Marvel Comics page-to-screen transitions. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Another inert, soul-dead action drama that turns actors into zombies...It's garbage. Read full review

  • 25
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Breathlessly boring. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+ Violent comic book movie with lingerie costumes.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie features extensive and graphic (for PG-13) comic book-style violence with a lot of martial arts fights. Many characters are killed. There are brief grisly images. Characters use some strong language (s-word, etc.).
  • Families can talk about Elektra's answer to Abby's question about why she does what she does. Why did she have to leave her training? What will she do next?
What to watch for
  • violence false5 Violence: Extensive, graphic comic book-style violence.
  • sex false0 Sex: A couple of kisses.
  • language false3 Language: Strong language but nothing your teen hasn't heard.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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