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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88RogerEbert.comScout TafoyaRogerEbert.comScout TafoyaA completely innocent, at times screamingly funny movie that’s mostly about an idealized world made of '60s cultural icons, a slicing of reality’s fabric so we might step directly into Zombie’s visions of his past sitting in front of the TV.
- 75The Film StageEthan VestbyThe Film StageEthan VestbyWith little in the way of narrative outside a real-estate scam subplot, the company of its characters and Zombie’s formal verve are The Munsters‘ selling point. It’s a true case of “your mileage may vary.”
- 67The A.V. ClubLeigh MonsonThe A.V. ClubLeigh MonsonAs a love letter to the sitcom that so inspired Zombie as a child, The Munsters might be the most authentic-feeling television revival ever put on film, warts and all.
- As an extended aesthetic exercise with purposefully cheesy jokes, it might be nice if The Munsters had anything to say, anything at all.
- 67The PlaylistCarlos AguilarThe PlaylistCarlos AguilarFor the most part, the comedy in Zombie’s The Munsters is low brow, the vibrantly gaudy locales could pass for displays found inside of a Spirit Halloween store, and the acting rejects subtly like bloodsuckers do garlic, all of which often feel exactly as they are supposed to be. Zombie is an artist that operates on a strange wavelength has likely made his most sincere work to date, fulfilling the brassy exhumation of these weirdos.
- 60IGNMatt DonatoIGNMatt DonatoThe Munsters is a wholesome labor of love that’s probably for the most diehard sitcom fans because for better and worse, Rob Zombie makes the Munsters reboot he wants to see.
- 60VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe film is a lot like its hero, Herman Munster: benignly dim-witted, Day-Glo in color, top-heavy with tomfoolery, lumbering in one direction and then the next, always cracking itself up in an innocently aggressive monster-mash way.
- 45TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiZombie’s film, though clearly sweet and well-intentioned, seems only partially formed, a Frankenstein monster with only half the parts.
- 42ColliderAlyse WaxColliderAlyse WaxUltimately, The Munsters is not a good movie. But it is great fodder to put on in the background of a Halloween party. It is best when used as a visual asset; something you may only want to catch a couple of minutes of dialogue from, but otherwise, it’s best left as background imagery.
- 20SlashfilmJosh SpiegelSlashfilmJosh SpiegelWhat a baffling, misguided film.