Josh Boone's riff on a group of young would-be X-Men (and women) feels far removed from that franchise, and unlikely to spawn its own; Re-shot, re-cut and somehow rescued from total obscurity, Boone's movie isn't half bad.Alas, it's not half good either
divorced from box-office expectations and worries about its inevitably limited theatrical run, the film's scope isn't overwhelmed, resulting in an entertaining if slight teen action/horror/drama that oftentimes works quite well
"The New Mutants" disappoints. It finds the right actors to play these intriguing Marvel mutants, but traps them in a simplistic, unimaginative, low-budget blip on the comic-book radar that neither hinders nor furthers the superhero conversation
"New Mutants" isn't exactly a groundbreaking cinematic experience; It's the kind of movie many fans will surely want to like, and while it lives up to that modest promise, it certainly doesn't go above and beyond
"New Mutants" is the worst "X-Men" movie ever; It's a monotonous, redundant and irrelevant fantasy flick that fails to commit to being a teen melodrama, a YA fantasy or a horror movie, instead offering half-assed components of all three
by Jason Gorber [Slash Film ]
by Sean O'Connell [CinemaBlend ]
by Aaron B. Peterson [The Hollywood Outsider ]
