The Shadow 1994

Caryn James, New York Times: It offers a diverting, nostalgic retreat to the innocent days when crime fighting was a pleasant, rich man's hobby. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: It has enough of the innocent exoticism and splendor of silent thrillers to suggest a continuity with the past missing from most other movies; all that's required is a capacity to sit back and dream. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The movie has all the coherence of a bad acid flashback. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: This thing is all packaging and no content, or, dare I say it, all shadow and no substance. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The setup promises something more invigorating than it delivers. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: If you respond to film noir, if you like dark streets and women with scarlet lips and big fast cars with running boards, the look of this movie will work some kind of magic. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Baldwin's low-key performance lacks charisma, Lone alternates between lip-smacking villainy and camp humour, and Miller is chiefly a clothes-horse for a series of slinky '30s frocks. Read more

Brian Lowry, Variety: Despite similarities as a vigilante creature of the night, however, the Shadow -- a character that enjoyed its greatest success in radio after being created in pulp novels -- lacks the visceral appeal of Batman and won't strike the same chord. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Most of the time, you won't be chuckling, so much as contemplating the emptiness that lies in the brains of all too many production executives. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Overproduced but underwhelming monolith. Read more