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It's in the script, however, that del Toro the writer falls a wee bit short of del Toro the visionary.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
The best scene is when Hellboy and Abe get drunk and sing out raucously, which after "Hancock" suggests a trend toward superhero alcoholism.
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Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
Fanboys won't mind the absence of depth or emotion; they may even welcome it for making the film more representative of its comic-book origins. The rest of us, however, cannot rejoice at the overspending and overkill likely to come in Hellboy III.
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Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
It's not perfect -- thank Satan! -- but Hellboy II: The Golden Army is by far the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since the director's "Pan's Labyrinth" netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.
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Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
The movie overall is engaging, though it's more cavalier regarding story and relentless in its action than its predecessor.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
With writer-director del Toro given free license to go where his singular vision takes him, Hellboy II plays like Guillermo's Greatest Hits with even hotter visual effects.
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Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
The Golden Army dazzles like something out of "Jason and the Argonauts." To make a comic-book fantasy this derivative yet this dazzling requires more than technique. It takes a director in touch with his inner hellboy.
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Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Imagine the forges of hell crossed with the extraterrestrial saloon on Tatooine, and you have a notion of Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army.