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2.2
Great performances could have redeemed the mess and justified the decision to pre shoot it.
Av Club
2.0
Its the distinct aesthetic it creates in its celebration of early sci fi and horror cinema that has always set The Rocky Horror Picture Show apart.
We Got This Covered
1.5
Though camp at its best flirts with amateurism, and even failure, this production does more than flirt; it pretty much goes all the way to disaster.
Vulture
2.8
Grease Live! often felt more like a magic trick than a productioneven the bumpiest moments were offset with a constant sense of visual invention.
Paste Magazine
2.5
The ambiguity remains, but the raunch is gone.Even so, Rocky is neither a travesty nor a disaster.
Usa Today
1.0
But even beyond that, pettier issues made the broadcast into a less than smooth ride.
Rolling Stone
3.2
Except Fox has, and no one should be surprised at the results: Dutiful, reverent, energetic, expertly crafted and yet utterly incapable of escaping th ..
News Day
2.5
Faithful, fast paced, and largely entertaining, this new Rocky Horror Picture Show is neither the calamity fans like myself were fearing nor the trium ..
The Guardian
3.5
Theres a madness or at least, a wannabe madness that runs throughout the film, which bursts with enthusiasm but lacks a truthful impudence.
Ew
4.5
But hey, for all the shortcomings of this remake, it brings with it a lot of entertaining pros.
Cinema Crazed
1.5
The remake has its moments and its commitment to inclusivity is commendable, but this show should have been left to a bygone era, where it rightfully ..
Salon
2.0
If youre looking for good campy fun, this will suffice, but if youre a fan of the original, this incarnation of The RHPS will most likely make you sad ..
Observer
2.5
Watching the Fox version is a strange experience, because you feel that Ortega both understands this and betrays it, or that and its ilk are such a pa ..
New Yorker
5.0
Foxs creaky re imagining of the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show misses the point about what makes the original so beloved.
Boston Herald
1.5
As it is, theyve made a fresh copy, but it plays very much like a copy and nothing more.
Washington Post
2.5
Some things cant be replicated or recaptured, and thanks to Fox we now know that one of them is the subversive magic of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ..
The New York Times
2.0
Is it dull staging or meant to reflect how lifeless their romance is
Hollywood Reporter
3.5
The film (and the stage show on which it was based) was created long before the terminology around gender and sexuality had been refined.
Los Angeles Times
3.0
(CNN) Movie remakes can follow two paths: Re imagination, or replication.
Cnn
1.5
Unfortunately, Foxs version of Rocky Horror is a hesitant mashup of the stage and film versions that somehow manages to extinguish the spark of both.
Vox
3.0
Ultimately, The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Lets Do the Time Warp Again is neither great nor is it terrible.
Ner Dist
2.0
Much of the originals charm has been lost in translation.While its low budget, rough around the edges kitsch design would have been impossible to recr ..
Digital Spy
1.9
If you have no idea what this has all been about, go out and find the nearest theater showing TRHPS and turn in your Rocky Horror V card there instead ..
Red Eye Chicago
3.0
But even the midnight showing crowd shouldnt be disappointed by Foxs take on the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Refinery 29
3.0
Void of a unique spin (as well as a live audience that couldve maybe added some oomph) this version seems to exist only to put a layer of lacquer on t ..
Tv
2.0
It all feels so soft and gummy; my high school production of Rocky had more bite than this.
Flavor Wire
1.5
A remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show is not the most heinous idea.
The Mary Sue
3.5
Fox is betting heavily that youll want to and that its remake of the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show will inspire a whole new generati ..
Winnipeg Free Press
5.0
The only drawback to watching this on TV as opposed to seeing it in a movie theater is that youll have to put up with commercials.
Sf Chronicle
4.0
And not without consuming at least a few substances that might make the shows scattershot wit and incoherent sci fi narrative in the latter reels a bi ..
Tv Insider
2.0
Lets face an honest fact: The Rocky Horror Picture Show is not a good movie.
Metro Weekly
2.0
And its still a pretty bad movie.Its not clear why anyone thought it would be a good idea to produce The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Lets Do the Time W ..
Communityvoices Post Gazet ..
1.5
My feeling is Fox could not go far enough with this tale of sweet transvestites from transsexual Transylvania it might have worked better on HBO or Ne ..
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