Outlander 2008

Critics score:
37 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: You can think about Outlander 16 different ways, and still arrive at the same conclusion: It just doesn't work. Read more

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: An odd mishmash of genres with too much message and musing to be propulsive, and too much cornball monster movie to take seriously. But while the blend may not satisfy fans of pure action or pure drama, at least it gives them both a new flavor to try. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: By taking nonsense seriously Outlander never achieves camp. It's a comic book that's mistaken itself for scripture. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: In Outlander, the nuttiest hunk of junk in many months, Viking warriors and a stoic intergalactic traveler join forces to combat an enormous beetle with whiplash stingers. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: Outlander is a cheesy, low-budget, space alien Viking monster movie. And seemingly proud of it. Read more

Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News: An unexpectedly enjoyable science-fiction adventure that should be generating louder fanboy buzz than it has so far. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: One of the more outlandish B-pictures to come out of the Great Movie Mash-up Machine known as The Weinstein Co. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: An enjoyably goofy hybrid of extraterrestrial sci-fi and Iron Age action. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I am tempted to describe the plot of Outlander as preposterous, but a movie about an alien spaceship crashing into a Viking fjord during the Iron Age is likely to be preposterous. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: In its second half, Outlander falls apart completely, becoming nothing but a violent, mindless monster movie along the lines of Alien vs. Predator. Read more

Hank Sartin, Time Out: Read more

Tom Huddlestone, Time Out: Daft, obvious but hugely enjoyable, 'Outlander' is superior trash. Read more

Derek Elley, Variety: Read more