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Avg. Critic Score: 72 out of 100 Generally favorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
12 Iffy for 12+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Washington Post |

    Del Toro moves his story along with unrelenting energy and wit while introducing the opposing parties with admirable efficiency. Read full review

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    One of those rare movies that's not only based on a comic book, but also feels like a comic book. It's vibrating with energy, and you can sense the zeal and joy in its making. Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Mr. del Toro lets loose with an all-American, vaudevillian rambunctiousness that makes the movie daffy, loose and lovable. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Directed by Guillermo del Toro with a colorfully kinetic visual imagination that seldom lets up. Read full review

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Hellboy is on fire with scares and laughs and del Toro's visionary dazzle. It's the tenderness that comes as an unexpected bonus. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    The movie has a self- deprecating sense of humor and a strong emotional core that vaults it above most action movies that come out this time of year. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Manohla Dargis

    An enjoyable if somewhat neutered defender of the free world. Make no mistake: Hellboy still has a hide as hard-boiled as Lee Marvin in "The Dirty Dozen," but now he's also wearing a smile. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Has more than enough across-the-board appeal to attract mainstream auds unfamiliar with source material. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Standard-issue superhero movie -- except that writer-director Guillermo del Toro, taking his cue from "Hellboy" comic book creator Mike Mignola, brings a wicked sense of humor to this particular monster mash. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Hellboy's cheeky attitude and snarky dialogue, specifically Perlman's snidely funny lines, are the highlights. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 12+ Somewhat entertaining, but too scary for many.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie contains frightening images, a dark and at times macabre tone, and the sad death of a central character. There is a great deal of violence in the fight scenes, which are at times bloody, and characters must wrestle with the deadly consequences of their actions. A scary character is addicted to self-surgery, while one of the creatures summoned by the Nazis is a Hell-hound that will frighten younger audiences. Several characters (including one major character) die violent deaths. The inability of one of the characters to control her powers causes the off-screen death of innocents, which might frighten even the most mature of audiences.
  • Families can talk about the father-son bond between Dr. Broom and Hellboy, why they fight and how this relationship impacts both of their characters. The movie touches on an issue that runs throughout the comic book series, that of Hellboy's commitment to defense of humans despite his demon form. What does being human mean for Hellboy? Where does he have the power of choice?
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: A lot of comic book-style action violence, characters killed. Some frightening images, a dark and at times macabre tone.
  • sex false0 Sex: Kissing.
  • language false0 Language: Brief language.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Baby Ruth candy bars mentioned.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Cigar smoking.
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