Cooties 2014

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: If Cooties subscribes slavishly to the conventions of teacher movies, it at least has fun with them. Read more

Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic: Without a buttress of cleverness, "Cooties" is mere freewheeling idiocy. Read more

Tom Russo, Boston Globe: The filmmakers strive to deliver on their nutty, splattery premise. But they could give us more, and not necessarily of the over-the-top stuff. Read more

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: I honestly have no clue who this film is for. Whoever they are, they're likely to walk out of the theater wanting a refund. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: With "Cooties," what starts as recess fades all too rapidly into movie detention. Read more

Katherine Pushkar, New York Daily News: Despite the funny premise, "Cooties" doesn't live up to its potential. Read more

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: It's not really funny enough to achieve grown-up cachet, and it's too ugly and violent for younger viewers. Read more

Molly Eichel, Philadelphia Inquirer: What could have been an amusing and entertaining zombie flick is, instead, a slog. Read more

David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: Zombie film tropes start to dominate, and the story logic falters as the action leaves the school grounds. Read more

Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail: While directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion want to have their laughs and horror, too, the film is something of a zombie itself: half-alive and bloody, but lacking any heart. Read more

Simon Abrams, Village Voice: An energizing juggernaut until its seemingly inexhaustible ensemble cast members are outpaced by their respective characters' quirks. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Milks its midnight-movie aesthetic for all it is worth, mixing obviously fake gore and over-the-top violence with macabre, pop-culture humor. Read more