Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
8 |
If you've seen The Karate Kid (1984), the memories will come back during this 2010 remake. That's a compliment. |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
6 |
...relies on the heart and cheery bloodthirstiness of the original... |
E!
Dezhda Gaubert |
5 |
...wobbles, flails, and ultimately stumbles in a futile attempt to top the original. |
filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
5 |
While it doesn't bring anything really bad to the mix, this new Karate Kid doesn't bring anything new either. |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
4 |
...a lame remake... |
Slant Magazine
Simon Abrams |
4 |
...bluffs its way through the motions and never manages to invest a shred of conviction in its banal paint-by-numbers stock plot. |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
5 |
Short review of three little words: Way. Too. Long. |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
7 |
...fun, and believable, on the most important level: It convinces us that Jaden Smith has what it takes to fight his way to the top. |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
5 |
...very long ( 2 hours 12 minutes), dramatically thin and unevenly acted, but it was filmed almost entirely in China, mostly Beijing, and it has an unexotic, lived-in sense of place unusual in current Hollywood movies. |
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey |
7 |
The filmmaker has a good eye for action, but he remains too tentative with both the story and his actors, particularly the kids, and the movie gets away from him at times. Thankfully Chan is usually there to save the day, with Smith, a worthy student, right beside him. |
LA Weekly
Nick Pinkerton |
5 |
There is the impression, deadly to the sense of fun, that the talent here actually thought they were remaking a classic. |
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton |
5 |
There is the impression, deadly to the sense of fun, that the talent here actually thought they were remaking a classic. |
Onion AV Club
Scott Tobias |
6 |
That the film works as well as it does -- as an attractive, rousing time-passer for children -- speaks more to the endurance of a good formula than its revitalization. |
Variety
Justin Chang |
6 |
Overall, the filmmakers have largely opted to embellish rather than excise, suggesting their reluctance to depart much from the original template. Still, it's a sign of that pic's dramatic durability that Kid manages to be as absorbing as it is, despite its nearly 2 1/2 hour running time... |
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