Overview
Genre :
Horror, Thriller, FantasyRelease Date :
April 30, 2010MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Samuel BayerStarring :
Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker, Kellan Lutz, Kyle Gallner, Clancy Brown, Connie Britton
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
Readers [Rate It]
“..Welcome to 2010, Freddy Krueger. You were scarier in 1984..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..Too many more remakes as dull and bland as A Nightmare on Elm Street could kill off horror movies for good..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
Review rate : B+
“..the story's a bit slavishly faithful, but overall, it's a worthy Freddy follow-up..”
“..the story's a bit slavishly faithful, but overall, it's a worthy Freddy follow-up..”
by Luke Y. Thompson [E! Online]
Review rate : B-
“..the new Nightmare on Elm Street is a by-the-numbers bad dream that plays a little too much like a corporately ordered rerun..”
“..the new Nightmare on Elm Street is a by-the-numbers bad dream that plays a little too much like a corporately ordered rerun..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
“..New technology is a good excuse for remaking films these days but surprisingly this Nightmare really isn't even as technically effective as Wes Craven's 26 year old original..”
by Pete Hammond [Boxoffice Magazine]
“..like any number of scary television series..”
by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]
“..It's not terrible. It's just . . . superfluous..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
“..It's moderately entertaining and instantly forgettable..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
“..It's a movie that starts slowly, and only starts moving us to the edge of our seat in the third act, adequate for a horror picture, but no more..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
“..In the end, your last fever dream about failing to study for an exam was probably scarier..”
by Robert Abele [LA Times]
Review rate : D
“..In fact it's gotten worse..”
“..In fact it's gotten worse..”
by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
“..If all you're looking for are cheap scares, you'll find a few minor jolts and a decent - though not interesting or unusual - amount of gore..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]
“..almost completely redundant..”
by Jeff Shannon [Seattle Times]
Review rate : C-
“..A Nightmare on Elm Street is somnambulant enough without having to watch characters yawn and rub their eyes while trying to not doze..”
“..A Nightmare on Elm Street is somnambulant enough without having to watch characters yawn and rub their eyes while trying to not doze..”
by Steve Persall [St. Petersburg Times]
“.."A Nightmare on Elm Street" looks good recycling "greatest hits" moments but fails to capture the excitement of the original..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
“.."A Nightmare on Elm Street" isn't a nightmare so much as it is a series of missed opportunities..”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News]
