Rotten
Watchmen the movie provides ample evidence that more is more, but less might have been closer to Moore in spirit (that is, anarchic, witty and compelling).
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Watchmen
Justice is coming to all of us. No matter what we do.
2009 · 2h 43m · R
Action, Mystery, Science Fiction
Directed by
Zack Snyder
Overview
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Director and cast
- Zack Snyder Director
- Malin Åkerman as Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre
- Billy Crudup as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
- Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake / The Comedian
- Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
- Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
- Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
- Matt Frewer as Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
- Stephen McHattie as Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
- Laura Mennell Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If you haven't read the source material I think you're going to dislike it even more than I did. So yeah, it's sort of bad news around here.
Laremy Legel, Film.com
Rotten
Great book, mediocre adaptation.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
Rotten
Watchmen left me looking at the exit far more often than at the screen.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
Zack Snyder's film version of Watchmen is a grim and grisly excursion into comic-book mythology.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
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