38
Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardLike technological innovation itself, the film seems overwhelmed by the reach of all its techo-cultural parts.
- 60The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe director Mark Neveldine deploys queasy lighting and a trembling score, but his best choice is to let Ms. Dudley stare at us. She conveys unnerving shifts in self-awareness and sinister intent with her eyes.
- 60VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangSilly, screechy and eminently watchable.
- 50RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsJust another unimaginative rip-off.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAnother day, another exorcism…ho-hum.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiWriters Christopher Borrelli and Michael C. Martin commit quite a handful of sins of contrivance that are difficult to absolve.
- 33The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIn nearly every way—from how the movie’s being released to the way it approaches the whole satanic possession subgenre — The Vatican Tapes is dispiritingly ordinary. It’s the rote B-movie that Neveldine up to now has tried so hard not to make.
- 30Village VoiceRob StaegerVillage VoiceRob StaegerAt no point does this film strive to be more than a second-rate version of what it is: a halfhearted attempt to make some scratch while pretending the devil exists. Some trick.
- 20Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisMovies like The Vatican Tapes are by nature sloppy and derivative, seeking to evoke a thrill that’s long gone.
- 10New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriA tired, unscary, incoherent mess.