New Lazarus Effect Movie Received Mostly Negative Reviews From Major Critics
Relativity released their new horror/thriller film, “The Lazarus Effect,” into theaters this weekend, and all the top,major critics have submitted their reviews. It turns out that most of them didn’t like this one as it only garnered up a small 33 score out of a possible 100 across 24 reviews at the Metacritic.com site.
The film stars: Sarah Bolger, Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, Evan Peters and Donald Glover. We’ve posted some blurbs from a couple of the critics,below.
James Rocchi at TheWrap, gave it a great 80 score, stating: “The Lazarus Effect is a smart, unsubtle chiller that should leave even a dedicated horror fan shaken and spooked from its opening scene’s revelations to its final scene’s implications.”
Gary Goldstein over at the Los Angeles Times, gave it a solid 70 score. He stated: ” Director David Gelb, switching gears from his fine 2011 documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” keeps the mayhem moving briskly as an effective host of obstacles pile up in the script by Luke Dawson and Jeremy Slater.”
Claudia Puig from USA Today, gave it a 63 score, saying: ” With its homages to “Frankenstein,” “The Exorcist” and “The Shining,” director David Gelb’s The Lazarus Effect is at least smarter and tenser than last year’s crop of tame horror films.”
Keith Staskiewicz over at Entertainment Weekly, gave it a 42 score. He said: “I would have loved to see more from the filmmakers, daring to fail while staking out some new terror incognita instead of just going through the motions of an experiment for which we already have the results.”
Joe Neumaier over at the New York Daily News, gave it a 40 grade, stating: “Forget the minor, derivative scares in The Lazarus Effect. The real jolt here is seeing a well-known name playing a monstrous evil force.”
Geoff Berkshire over at Variety , gave it a 30 score. He claims: “Lazarus” shamelessly steals from superior genre efforts and lacks any distinguishing traits beyond a wildly overqualified cast.”
Ben Kenigsberg from The New York Times, gave it a 30 grade. He stated: ” Despite eclectic casting and occasional experiments with objective camera, the director, David Gelb (“Jiro Dreams of Sushi”), can’t breathe similar life into this risible mix of pseudoscientific hokum and supernatural freakouts.”
Frank Scheck over at The Hollywood Reporter, gave it a 30 grade, stating: “The screenplay by Luke Dawson and Jeremy Slater begins promisingly enough with its slow-burn examination of the various moral issues involved. But once Zoe is resuscitated the proceedings descend into familiar horror film film tropes.”
Peter Sobczynski from RogerEbert.com , gave it a 25 score, saying: “This isn’t a real horror movie — this is the kind of horror movie that the characters in a real horror movie watch in order to comment on the lameness of the genre before their authentic terrors begin.”
Mick LaSalle over at the San Francisco Chronicle, gave it a 25 grade. He said: ” The Lazarus Effect is not the usual mindless thriller, but it’s as flat as an open soda from last week, with dull characters and virtually every scene taking place in a single location. It looks as if it cost about 12 bucks to make — and somebody got robbed.”
Michael O’Sullivan from the Washington Post, gave it a 25 as well. He stated: “Despite classy lead performances by Mark Duplass and Olivia Wilde, the movie, from horror factory Blumhouse (known for cranking out sequels in the “Paranormal Activity” franchise, among others), relies too heavily on reanimated monster movie cliches and scientific gibberish to keep it alive.”
Finally, Lou Lumerick over at the New York Post, gave it the worst possible “0” score! He stated: “There’s no doubt at all that the schlocky The Lazarus Effect should have been euthanized and shipped directly to video rather than haunting movie theaters, however briefly.” Stay tuned. Also, get your favorite Movie stuff, and more by Clicking Here.
