Since the movie arrives and succeeds as entertaining B-movie fare, we may as well appreciate all of its howls, beastly or unintentional.
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
At its best, Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s. At its worst, it implodes in a series of very bad special effects.
50
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
The original rock songs on the soundtrack, which are supposed to make Lestat ''bigger than Elvis,'' are terrible -- a common challenge for movies about fictional musicians.
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It is happy to be goofy.
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Degenerates into a lot of dull declaiming and attitudinizing, despite a sly tongue-in-cheek quality brought by a preening Stuart Townsend to the Lestat role he inherited from the utterly humorless Tom Cruise.
40
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
The result is an exploitation movie that seems like it's about something -- though what exactly I couldn't say.
38
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The main theme is the loneliness of the social outcast. That, plus a soundtrack to wake the undead, and the morbidly entombed presence of Aaliyah, will attract an audience despite the movie's intrinsic cheesiness.
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Knows that it's junk and tries feebly to rejoice in its junkiness.
25
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
This kind of fiasco turns movie critics into so many Night Stalkers.