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  • 70
    Variety | Dennis Harvey

    A horror comedy much closer to the actor-riffing drollery of Edgar Wright and Christopher Guest than "Scary Movie"-style splatstick, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead is one sly slice of the ridiculous. Read full review

  • 60
    L.A. Weekly |

    All of the riffs are twice and thrice removed, but the effect is lively rather than tiresome, largely on the strength of game performances, Sean Lennon's atmospheric score and writer/director Jordan Galland's clear affection for his sources. Read full review

  • 60
    Time Out New York | Joshua Rothkopf

    Like the vampires that cavort throughout it, this horror-comedy doesn’t have much chance of surviving the harsh light of scrutiny--but as a loopy, antiserious lark, it should prove plenty alive on the midnight-movie circuit. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Gary Goldstein

    Starts off feeling clever and original but turns silly and diffused as its convoluted story spins out. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Mike Hale

    A toothless satire whose targets include vampire mania, low-rent theater, indie romantic comedies, Scorsese, Shakespeare and “Law & Order,” it plays like a Web series expanded to feature length, or an adaptation of one of the Naked Angels’ staged serial soap operas. Read full review

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    A horror spoof that has little reason for being, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead pretty much uses up its quotient of wit with the title. Read full review

  • 38
    New York Post | Kyle Smith

    This loopy farce has the feel of a wacky off-off-Broadway play with more energy than wit, but it has its moments. And the laid-back acting of Hoffman (son of Dustin) just about holds it together. Read full review

  • 20
    NPR | Ian Buckwalter

    This is a movie so in love with its own supposed cleverness that it never realizes it's not all that clever. Read full review

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