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Avg. Critic Score: 32 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
11 Iffy for 11+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    An expertly designed theme park ride of a movie that packs nonstop thrills. Read full review

  • 70
    Salon.com |

    The plot is about as ridiculous as you'd expect, but for the most part its absurdities are tolerable. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Despite all the flash and filigree, this monster movie is curiously -- and conspicuously -- lacking in heart. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    There are some clever and exciting sequences, but this $120 million epic of reconstituted Atomic Age trash lumbers more than it thrills. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    Godzilla is so clumsily structured it feels as if it's two different movies stuck together with an absurd stomping finale glued onto the end. Read full review

  • 50
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    This Godzilla is lacking both the awesome spirit of the original and the sublime silliness of the more recent Toho outings. Read full review

  • 38
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A big, ugly, ungainly device to give teenagers the impression they are seeing a movie. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    An overblown action monstrosity with no surprises, no exhilaration and no thrills. Read full review

  • 20
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    The makers of Godzilla obviously devoted so much manpower and time and energy and money to the admittedly fabulous special effects that they apparently had no budget left over for actors. Read full review

  • 10
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    Size vanquishes both substance and subtlety in the overhyped, half-cocked and humorless resurrection of dear old "Godzilla." Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 11+ Updated classic is Jurassic Park with one monster.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that younger kids aware of nuclear testing may be concerned that real mutations could be occurring. Some kids may be confused because at times, Godzilla is presented sympathetically, especially as he/she shows protective fury in finding her babies have been killed.
  • Families can talk about why it was important to Phillippe to take responsibility for Godzilla and why it was wrong for Audrey to betray Nick's trust.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Action sequences, characters in peril.
  • sex false1 Sex: Mild.
  • language false0 Language: Not an issue
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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