Godzilla: King of the Monsters deserves credit as a textbook example of breathtaking kaiju cinematography, even if its uneven writing brings it down.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 6, 2025

The film isn’t as aggressively bad as some people are claiming. But it is boring, and that’s arguably worse.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2024

Works on its own, and as a chapter in a larger movie universe that pays off quite well.

| Mar 28, 2024

The scope and melodramatics of this one meshed really well with the unfiltered desire to let these beasts go at it.

| Mar 28, 2024

...features far sludgier CGI than the two previous MonsterVerse installments.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 23, 2024

Dougherty had a gorgeous diamond that he just needed to polish with a rational, simplistic story, like it was a soft, clean cloth. Instead, he used a hammer…

| Original Score: C- | Jul 24, 2023

I’m going to have to deduct some points for the score, sound, and script issues...

| Original Score: C | Mar 8, 2023

Michael Dougherty has delivered a Godzilla movie that is unquestionably action-heavy, probably too much for those with no affection for the classic creature-features.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 21, 2022

Godzilla: King of the Monsters has done an effective job of making larger-than-life creatures completely inert, and any popcorn-munching fun that might've come from such a show has been reduced to a dismissive shrug.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 2, 2022

Strong action, weak dialogue unfortunately.

| Sep 29, 2021

...exceedingly, distractingly slick...

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 6, 2021

It's difficult to know what could make Godzilla: King of the Monsters a truly enjoyable film, but a start would be to focus on what everyone wants to see - the monsters - and leave the tricky plot mechanics for pretty much any other movie.

| Feb 18, 2021

Godzilla: King of the Monsters is in 3D - Death, Destruction and Decibels - but has a certain kind of cheesy appeal.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 31, 2021

And listen, it's ridiculous. Godzilla: King of Monsters attempts to pack in so much bang, you forget why the fighting started in the first place. It's an action film on steroids.

| Jan 29, 2021

If you're happy to sit through scene after scene of utter nonsense to get to the next sequence with giant CGI creatures biting each other, then Godzilla: King of the Monsters may be for you ...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 28, 2021

The story is a little bit of hollow it's a little bit orced... but - big but!- Godzilla makes up for it. The return of Godzilla and all of these friends is pretty amazing and pretty epic.

| Dec 16, 2020

An epitomic example of bombastic spectacle unable to overtake terrible storytelling.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Dec 7, 2020

A surprisingly dull affair as far too much time is spent on a truly ridiculous plot involving the freeing of Godzilla's rivals and far too little on epic monster throw downs.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Nov 20, 2020

After a subpar 2014 effort, Mike Dougherty keeps the focus on the monsters during this sequel, which makes for a lot of fun and a breezy pace.

| Nov 10, 2020

Doesn't make a lick of sense, but it has a lot of fun along the way.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 9, 2020