Catwoman (2004)

The critic finds the film swift, light on its feet, and stylish, with technical razzle-dazzle that never overshadows Halle Berry's fun, dual-personality performance as the mousy office worker turned glamorous superhuman. He singles out Pitof's sophisticated take on comic-book camp and romanticism for praise.

The critic finds the film campy fun rather than a total disaster, praising Berry's appealing performance in a kitschy role while criticizing the illogical script and overreliance on digital effects.

The critic describes the film as a howlingly silly but moderately diverting exercise in high, pointless style that achieves the unlikely feat of making one prefer Bill Murray over Halle Berry in a cat role. He singles out its sleek, hissing, whip-cracking aesthetic and Berry's performance for note while dismissing the plot.

The film is not very good, with a clunky screenplay and special effects that make Spider-Man II look classic, but Halle Berry is the one redeeming feature as a beautiful dominatrix. The director's flashy style soon palls and the vulgarity is remorseless.

The flashy but uninvolving Batman spin-off features uneven performances and a clunky script that fails to develop its themes. Pitof's stylised visuals dominate, but the film lacks the darker edge and moral ambiguity associated with the character.

The film is a broad action-comedy that fails to deliver on its promise of a saucer of cream, offering only semi-skimmed UHT instead; it features some alluring silliness around the heroine's cat-like powers but lacks real claws in its cat-fight and overall execution.

The film is a formulaic and silly wannabe blockbuster with shallow characters, dull plastic action scenes and a logic-starved plot about a cosmetics conspiracy. Berry's screen presence cannot save the unintentional laughs.

The film awkwardly mixes diluted feminism with teen blockbuster elements, resulting in a misguided address to career women. Its visual style and effects are chaotic and plastic, with Halle Berry's performance offering only fleeting promise amid broader aesthetic failures.

The critic calls the film a mangy misfire and dim popcorn inanity that lacks any real sense of fun, with a diluted script and frenetic music-video aesthetic that fails to deliver thrills or emotional payoff. He singles out the over-designed universe and poorly fleshed-out characters for complaint while noting the arresting opening titles.

The critic calls the film a dismal letdown that focuses almost entirely on Halle Berry's looks and costume while neglecting character, story, and action sequences, making it tired and dated compared to better summer fare. He singles out the lack of any meaningful exploration of what it feels like to become a catwoman for complaint.

The critic faults the film for exoticizing rather than deepening its heroine, an identity crisis in its visuals and soundtrack, and an overall confused, inhuman aesthetic.

The critic deems the film a complete failure that fails to learn from prior misfires like Batman & Robin, mocking its excessive camp, poor comedy, and Berry's performance as unconvincing.

This is the stupidest and most incompetent superhero movie in years, with lifeless plots, direction towards the exit, and CGI that fails to convey feline grace; it is particularly damning next to superior films like Spider-Man 2.

The critic declares it the worst Hollywood film of the year so far, with almost no creative ideas and poor execution across the board. The story is nonexistent, focusing excessively on origins and Berry's appearance rather than substance or stakes.