Although it may not be the copycat Gremlins film everyone thinks it is, Critters is an incredibly unoriginal, uneven, and poorly made little creature feature- and is honestly quite frustrating to watch. Nearly every character is poorly written, a bland range of stereotypes with a bland cliche family at its center. The plot goes all over the place and yet nearly nowhere at all. I don't like to usually be so harsh on these types of movies, I go into them with the intention of having fun, but it's hard to even have fun in an ironic sense with this film, as it is simply too forced to enjoy. I enjoy bad films that know what they are, and I feel deep down Critters does know what kind of film it is, it's just that in total, the film tries so hard to prove that point, that you are exhausted at all the forced wackiness and jokes it throws in there by the end. The dialogue is incredibly poor, feeling like an android wrote it, and the acting in total is absolutely atrocious, with names you wouldn't recognize in anything besides Christmas with the Kranks, if that. I enjoy the look of the critters, but we hardly get to focus on them close up, and only see them in shadows or rolling in balls, which is disappointing giving the name of the film and all. There is also a weirdly forced 80's song by an artist you have never heard of that plays at least 3 times throughout the film, and is so bad I honestly thought of muting the dvd when i kept hearing it. In the end, I did not enjoy Critters in the slightest. For some it may be the bad-movie fun they seek to enjoy, but for me, its anything but enjoyable.
My Rating: 2.75/10.
My Rating: 2.75/10.