This kind of film requires us to be very forgiving, and if we are, it promises to entertain. Angels & Demons succeeds.
70
The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Plucking the same violent, occult strings as "Da Vinci" while avoiding its leadenness, Angels keeps the action coming for the best part of 139 minutes.
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The new movie is an opulent-bordering-on-hysterical mass of chitchat and chase scenes.
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Less turgid and aggravating than its predecessor, this cleverly produced melodrama remains hamstrung by novelist's Dan Brown's laborious connect-the-dots plotting and the filmmakers' prosaic literal-mindedness in the face of ripe historical antagonisms, mystery and intrigue.
60
Village Voice
Village Voice
Angels & Demons is still no more than another treat for whacked-out male conspiracy theorists.
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Despite the overlong running time, the action moves smoothly and swiftly.
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Technically a prequel to "Da Vinci" but could also pass for a two-hour episode of "24," rarely stands still long enough for anyone to deliver a monologue.
40
EmpireKim Newman
EmpireKim Newman
More entertaining than "The Da Vinci Code," but still tosh.
A shapely, stylish, white-knuckle horror-thriller that hits its marks with blood and thunder. It stinks to heaven, too, but it isn't lame. The streets of Rome haven't run this red since the Inquisition.