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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisMarks a return to a not-so-distant time when horror movies weren't soul-rotting atrocities but just enjoyably bad.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonMore an uninspired letdown than a flabbergasting turkey... One reason for this lack of bite lies in the werewolves themselves. They're a bit too teddy-bearish, even oddly cuddly, and the fright scenes work better when you don't see much of them.
- 40VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerExcept for Eisenberg's superb comic timing and his ability to make the familiar seem interesting, the high school scenes play like "Scream" outtakes.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIf there's the kernel of a good story buried somewhere deep in Cursed, it never pops. As werewolf movies go, this one is on par with "An American Werewolf in Paris," but at least that dud had plenty of gore and Julie Delpy's bare breasts to recommend it.
- 30The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensIt's not bad enough to make you curse, but you are likely to laugh when you should scream, and to roll your eyes when you are meant to laugh.
- 25New York Daily NewsRobert DominguezNew York Daily NewsRobert DominguezIt's hard to tell who is more Cursed - the pretty young people who turn into werewolves on screen or the people who buy tickets for this slow, witless, predictable horror flick.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoUnlike Cursed, which resorts to blatant but unconvincing gore and violence, "The Wolf Man" (1941) gets its point across through suggestion, makeup and spooky sets.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA third-rate effort, with a weak script, cheap-looking effects and no genuine frights.
- 20TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe film vacillates between inanity and flat-out lameness, and the decision to recut from an R-rated version to a PG-13 sucked out whatever life might have been left.
- 20The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckCursed, a modern-day werewolf tale that fails to provide either Craven's trademark chills or Williamson's trademark satirical wit, is a distinctly subpar film that, but for the current boxoffice streak enjoyed by such formulaic genre entries, deserved to go direct to video.