Reviews
Goosebumps
Directed by Rob Letterman · starring Jason Davis, Jack Black and Dylan Minnette
- 8 from the press
- 6.2 · 22 votes
Goosebumps: reviews
Reviews
6.2 22 votes
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What the critics say average 6.8 from 8 outlets
- 8.0 Los Angeles TimesGlenn Whipp
The books have never gone away and now comes a movie version of "Goosebumps," a playful, horror-adventure romp that succeeds in translating Stine's tried-and-true formula.
Read - 7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesBill Zwecker
The fulcrum to the success of Goosebumps, it must be noted, is the perfect casting of Jack Black as Stine.
Read - 7.5 Rolling StonePeter Travers
Chaos without scales perfect for Halloween.
Read - 7.0 VultureBilge Ebiri
The movie version of Goosebumps replicates that balancing act. It?s a cheerful, nasty delight.
Read - 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Keeping the creepy/kooky mix entertainingly intact, Goosebumps translates R.L. Stine?s frighteningly successful young adult horror fiction series to the big screen with lively, teen Ghostbusters-type results.
Read - 7.0 The WrapInkoo Kang
Black stars as author (and monster hunter) R.L. Stine in a silly, rollicking adventure that doesn?t take itself too seriously
Read - 5.0 New York TimesNicolas Rapold
More often than not, Mr. Letterman uses his movie as a toy chest of characters more than as a medium, the muggy Mr. Black included.
Read - 5.0 The Washington PostStephanie Merry
It?s occasionally funny and sometimes suspenseful, but it isn?t particularly imaginative. Then again, neither are Stine?s popular novellas.
Questions about the reviews of Goosebumps
- What score does Goosebumps have?
- Readers give it 6.2 (22 votes). The critics, 6.8 on average from 8 reviews.
- What do the critics say about Goosebumps?
- The highest score is Los Angeles Times’s (8.0) and the lowest The Washington Post’s (5.0).