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(1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh Page   1   "Cinema is full of monsters, but few in recent memory have been so capable of eliciting our sympathy and understanding"   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel C "We've come to expect a lot in recent years in terms of storytelling with Batman Begins and its ilk, and Hellboy II still feels like a relic from four years ago that hasn't evolved with the rest of the field."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 5/5 "This is big screen fantasy as a wish fulfillment free for all, a far out fairytale told in the most intricate of celluloid calligraphy."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 3/4 "Army fulfills every sci-fi fantasy around, but watching Hellboy find his purpose, contemplate his newly complicated future, or recall his past is where the real awe of the premise is found, not by dancing the "Monster Mash" until your eyes bleed."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   Brian Orndorf B "A visually delightful movie packed with plenty of goofy character elements that keep it entertaining."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 7/10 "As he loves Liz, life, and TV, Hellboy embodies possibility, faith, and imagination."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "The fact that the setup works for a second round can be attributed Perlman's ability to juggle brash enthusiasm with hardened sarcasm."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 4/5 "Like a young Spielberg before him, del Toro gives off this "I get to make movies for a living, isn't that awesome?!" vibe that's too often missing on the screen."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius A- "Fun from start to finish, Hellboy tries to bridge the gap between fanboys and their parents. And it succeeds -- in part thanks to Barry Manilow."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher B "The fantasy film can be carried alone by its strong visuals."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "If the premise isn't exactly air-tight and the pacing is uneven, the visual panache and central character work helps to make up for some of its deficiencies."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "Moderately enjoyable, occasionally wonderful, and often overblown."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B- "I wanted to like the movie more; there's plenty here for a cinephile to dig. But ultimately it's underwhelming -- and, with the exception of a couple uncanny images, forgettable."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "I'm ready for a third film, only if Del Toro is on board..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. C+ "Only intermittently captures the sense of goofy, off-the-wall fun that marked the first film."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "Will appeal to the freak inside you who refuses to follow orders and is not afraid to let your gentle side out every once in a while."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "The second film is more assured, better paced, and has a stronger emotional component."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "I stumbled out of Hellboy II: The Golden Army feeling as if my imagination had eaten too much ... And yet, Hellboy II has more than a little heart to it; it's scrappy and self-aware, and never out of touch with what it is."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 9/10 "Click here to read review"   vj.net.ua   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 7/10 "Hellboy II is downright goofy. When it's not being funny, the creatures steal the show."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 3/4 "Adolescent pulp fantasia meets sentimental married life in Guillermo Del Toro's follow-up to his 2004 working-class superhero movie."   Slant Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp 3/4 "Visually stunning comic book sequel from the endlessly inventive Guillermo del Toro amounts to little more than a noisy mess. But it sure looks pretty along the way."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3.0/4.0 "... an improved sequel over the original film, able to build upon the foundation of the first feature and finally put Hellboy in real mortal danger..."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson A- "doesn't break a whole lot of new ground, but that's part of what I enjoyed about it. In many ways, it's a superhero movie for the Universal Monsters crowd"   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr 3.5/4 "Guillermo del Toro makes this sequel fully his own, firmly planting it in his unbridled imagination."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B+ ""Hellboy" was fun, but "Hellboy II" is even better...where else can one see a blotto red devil beast and humanoid amphibian massacre "I Can't Smile Without You?""   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "The wonders are, if not endless, then abundant. And in a movie landscape where "effects" too often supersedes "special," wonders are worth savoring."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1.5/3 "El BPRD se ha convertido en una especie de sucursal de los Men in Black [..] y hasta Hellboy parece más pequeño que en la anterior."   Off-Off-Critica   MalaBesta 6/10 "The visuals of HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY are a triumph of imagination, but the story is more of a failure."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "I want to say that II is pure dumb popcorn fun while you're watching it and instantly forgettable the moment the credits start to roll, but actually, I was forgetting it while I was still in the process of watching it."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "Hellboy II: The Golden Army hits just the right mixture of style, comedy, action, and character development. Here's hoping for a third installment."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Wonderfully imagined and intricately constructed, it often reflects the sensibility of a steampunk cracked version of "Lord of the Rings.""   Beliefnet   Nell Minow A- "Thrilling and touching in equal measure, it's on the short list of great superhero films."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 4/5 "Impressiona pela escala e pela criatividade."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "[W]hile it's nice of Mignola and Del Toro to create something like this out of whole cloth it's the eye candy, not the story, that people are going to talk about."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 4/5 "del Toro has made an astounding bit of eye candy but viewers going in hoping for another emotional masterpiece on the level of "Pan's Labyrinth" may come away from it slightly disappointed."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "While the plot lends itself to pretentious blockbuster hysteria, del Toro keeps things grounded by focussing on the characters and their sardonic banter"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "Awkward as the plotting is, the movie is too stubbornly weird, too deeply in love with freakishness, to be waved off."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 3.5/4 "If the first Hellboy was about the loss of our fathers and the mystery of where we come from, Hellboy II centers on where we are going, and what we do when the mantle passes."   Stranger Song   Rob Humanick C+ "This director has shown us how good he can be, and with a character he adores as much as this one, he should have more to show for it than the mixed bag on display here."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "Combines arresting visuals, rounded characters and plenty of action."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 4.5/5 "You've got enough ideas for an entire geek-friendly trilogy in this one crazy movie."   FEARnet   Scott Weinberg "Poetic, funny, darkly romantic and beautifully structured."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek "Hellboy 2 is fully satisfying neither as simple summer fun nor as a more thoughtful alternative; if anything, the two elements clash, cancelling each other out."   ESplatter   Steve Biodrowski 3/4 "First and foremost, Hellboy II is a riot of creature and set design as well as big action set pieces. Yet Del Toro never reduces the characters to mere action figures."   Christianity Today   Steven D. Greydanus 7/10 "A dark fantasy/horror tale, it's chaotic yet spectacular."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 8/10 "An essentially unending parade of some of the most visionary images ever to grace a fantasy movie."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 4/4 "The film itself is lovely, a breathless feast of fantasy anchored by an authentic humanism."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3/4 "Further proof that franchises' second films can be better than the first. This one tops the original in a number of ways, not the least of which is its creative inventiveness."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell  (1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh Page   1