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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliOne of the least effective comic book-to-movie stories to have come along in the past few years. Without a viable screenplay, there's nowhere for the character to go, and no way to avoid making her look silly.
- 50Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanWatching this is like sitting by a pinsetter at a bowling alley. That's too bad, because the picture had potential.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven Rea"Kill Bill" without irony, and without Quentin Tarantino's flair for cool dialogue and chop-socky action (and without Uma Thurman, for that matter), Elektra is a pretty-looking, pretty dull adaptation of the Marvel Comic about a dishy, deadly assassin.
- 40The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisNo question, the film's best special effect is Ms. Garner, especially when she's in costume.
- 40Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoNo fun at all.
- 33Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumJust 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.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyWhen a movie makes you wish you were watching Halle Berry in "Catwoman," something is most definitely wrong.
- 30Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanWhat it suffers from most is the sense of offhand storytelling that lies halfway between creative laziness and cost-cutting sloppiness.
- 25Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonDevotees of awful filmmaking can't go wrong with this one.