Variety

Elektra proves no more than fitfully satisfying, a character-driven superhero yarn whose flurry of last-minute rewriting shows in a disjointed plot.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

"Kill Bill" without irony, and without Quentin Tarantino's flair for cool dialogue and chop-socky action (and without Uma Thurman, for that matter), Elektra is a pretty-looking, pretty dull adaptation of the Marvel Comic about a dishy, deadly assassin.

Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman

Watching this is like sitting by a pinsetter at a bowling alley. That's too bad, because the picture had potential.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

One of the least effective comic book-to-movie stories to have come along in the past few years. Without a viable screenplay, there's nowhere for the character to go, and no way to avoid making her look silly.

Los Angeles Times by Carina Chocano

No fun at all.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

No question, the film's best special effect is Ms. Garner, especially when she's in costume.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

Just as all regular models can't be supermodels, so all action chicks can't be superheroines. Elektra Natchios turns out to be walled off rather than mysteriously alluring; blank rather than deep.

Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan

What it suffers from most is the sense of offhand storytelling that lies halfway between creative laziness and cost-cutting sloppiness.

L.A. Weekly

When a movie makes you wish you were watching Halle Berry in "Catwoman," something is most definitely wrong.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington

Devotees of awful filmmaking can't go wrong with this one.