Dracula 3D 2012

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: When insects are the best thing in your movie, it's probably time to retire. Read more

Rob Nelson, Variety: Director Argento half-heartedly mixes schlocky 3D f/x with one-dimensional characters for a near-two-hour joke that ought to have been funnier. Read more

Nick Schager, AV Club: Argento strands his actors in a variety of crummy master shots and close-ups that accentuate their every exaggerated gesture and line-reading. Read more

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: Utterly lacking in imagination or suspense, this inane effort is strictly for hardcore Argento cultists. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: Argento ... brings enough moments of kinky madness to his not-great "Dracula" to indicate there may yet be greatness lurking within him. Here's hoping. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: Some viewers will get unintended jollies from a gigantic, rampaging grasshopper; others, from the director's queasy-making penchant for unclothing his exhibitionist daughter Asia. Read more

Zachary Wigon, Village Voice: Unfortunately, Argento never acknowledges he's in on the joke, nor is the film quite ridiculous enough for us to coast enjoyably on derision. Read more