Starship Troopers 1997

Critics score:
63 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: May just be the bug movie to end all bug movies. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: As written by Ed Neumeier, who also wrote Verhoeven's much tighter Robocop, Starship Troopers never gets over its 180-degree swivel from teen-age love story to murderous destruction. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A jaw-dropping experience, so rigorously one-dimensional and free from even the pretense of intelligence it's hard not to be astonished and even mesmerized by what is on the screen. Read more

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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Lacking the sophistication of the average comic book, it compensates with panoramic attack sequences, reminiscent of the Japanese swarm attacks in American war movies. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Flawed but fun. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The action sequences are heavily laden with special effects, but curiously joyless. Read more

Scott Rosenberg, Salon.com: Lacks the courage of the book's fascist conclusions. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Manages to be both fun and shocking -- sometimes in the same shot. Read more

Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: Read more