Piranha 2010

Critics score:
73 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Piranha 3D goes for the jugular. And generally misses, but generally in an amusing way. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: What is disturbing is the talent and distinction of much of the cast, whose mere presence seems to signify an element of smart, self-conscious fun that the movie does not really supply. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: That most unlikely of remakes -- an improvement. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: [Proves] yet again that there's no concept so foolproof filmmakers can't screw it up. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A movie this adolescently dirty-minded could hardly pass up a chance to go to Lake Titicaca. Read more

Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine: These bros and bimbos are jerk tartare. Go, fish, go! Read more

Joshua Katzman, Chicago Reader: This moderately entertaining popcorn thriller recaptures the B-movie spirit of such vintage schlockmeisters as Samuel Z. Arkoff and Roger Corman. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: It's hard to imagine how scenes of mass dismemberment set during a wet T-shirt contest could be staged any better. Read more

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Mere words cannot describe how awesomely gnarly Piranha 3D is, how hugely entertaining, and how urgently you must get yourself to the theatre to see it. Like, now. Read more

Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter: A bloody entertaining blast of a flesh-eating fish-out-of-water story. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: [Tries] so hard for the laughs and the allusions amid all the gore, and endless bloodbath of bare naked ladies, that it completely forgets to frighten anyone. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: Horny horror-movie revelers tend to deserve what's coming to them, a sentiment French-born director Alexandre Aja embraces with maniacal glee in a third-act massacre that's downright ruthless. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: If you're looking for signs of intelligent life -- well, did you really expect to find them in a remake of a Seventies B-movie anyway? Read more

Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer: An awe-inspiring, stomach-churning journey into blood, gore, and boobs directed by one of France's most talented horror auteurs, Alexandre Aja. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: For most of Piranha 3D, Aja skates along the line separating satire/camp from horror without straying into the realm of outright parody. Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Piranha 3D ends the summer on a note of shamelessly entertaining B movie bottomfeeding. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Piranha 3D is more funny than disgusting, even when screen fills with half-nude swimmers, bobbing like human dumplings in a roiling vat of borscht. This isn't just sick, it's clas-sick! Read more

Nigel Floyd, Time Out: Aja serves up the tongue-in-cheek thrills, CGI-enhanced gore and gratuitous nudity with such unabashed relish that this may prove to be the summer's break-out horror hit. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: The 32-year-old carnivorous fish franchise has lost none of its bite, serving up a fresh batch of spring-break revelers for the fearsome creatures to attack. Read more