It starts out powerfully, with a brutal but inventively offbeat action sequence, to the tune of Nat King Cole’s Unforgettable. As the story proceeds, however, it grows plodding, convoluted and forgettable.-USA Today
Another bold exercise in the liberation of the superhero movie.- Roger Ebert
Watchmen isn’t boring, but as a fragmented sci-fi doomsday noir, it remains as detached from the viewer as it is from the zeitgeist.-EW
Incoherent, overblown, and grimy with misogyny, Watchmen marks the final demolition of the comic strip, and it leaves you wondering: where did the comedy go?- New Yorker
Other fantasy movies are playing checkers. This one plays chess, with grandmaster panache.- NY Post
The movie is ultimately undone by its own reverence; there’s simply no room for these characters and stories to breathe of their own accord, and even the most fastidiously replicated scenes can feel glib and truncated.- Variety
Sadly, we’ll still all go.
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