--- title: "Poseidon: the reviews" canonical: "https://film.one/film/poseidon/reviews" title_page: "https://film.one/film/poseidon" critics_score: 46 critics_reviews: 9 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Poseidon (2006): what the critics said Critics' score 46 from 9 reviews: 2 positive, 2 mixed, 5 negative. Most critics find Poseidon a thin, fast-moving disaster film that leans too hard on its effects. Praise, where it comes, clusters on the survival action: the cramped ventilation-shaft sequence and the relentless, tense set pieces are singled out even by reviewers who dislike the whole. The two positive reviews call it brisk and entertaining, with striking ship imagery and likeable enough company to follow through the wreck. The reservations are shared widely: the characters are thin, the exposition clumsy, and the computer-generated imagery conspicuous enough to blunt the sequences it is meant to sell. Several reviews measure the remake against the original and find the trade of big sets for pixels a poor one. The spread is wide, from warm endorsement to outright contempt. Slant Magazine is the sharpest dissenter, objecting to how the film disposes of its minority characters, while Den of Geek finds Kevin Dillon the only source of humour in an otherwise joyless film. ## Empire — Simon Braund Fi1m's normalised score 75/100 (inferred from the text). 26 May 2006. The critic finds it a worthy, highly entertaining addition to the disaster-movie canon, despite clumsy exposition and familiar archetypes. They single out the spectacular effects and the cramped-ventilation-shaft sequence for their intense, nerve-shredding impact. [Read the review](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/poseidon-review/) ## The AV Club — Scott Tobias Rating C+. 10 May 2006. Tobias finds the film graceless and its character writing thin, though the survival action is preferable to the dramatic pauses. He singles out the action sequences as rote, lacking variety or ingenuity. [Read the review](https://www.avclub.com/poseidon-1798201717) ## Time Out — Nick Funnell Fi1m's normalised score 55/100 (inferred from the text). 30 May 2006. The review questions the inevitability of remaking the original. It singles out the original’s crowd-pleasing analogue spectacle as what made it ripe for a Hollywood remake. [Read the review](https://www.timeout.com/movies/poseidon) ## Radio Times — Andrew Collins Rating 2/5. Collins frames the remake as a much costlier refit of the original disaster film. He points to its reliance on CGI and middling stars as a contrast with the original’s big sets and stars. [Read the review](https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-vosenk/poseidon/) ## Los Angeles Times — Carina Chocano Fi1m's normalised score 30/100 (inferred from the text). 12 May 2006. Chocano finds the film’s suspenseful action entertaining but judges it a hollow, underdeveloped disaster movie. She praises the tense, relentless action while faulting the thin characterization and disregard for the mass of anonymous victims. [Read the review](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-12-et-poseidon12-story.html) ## Variety — Brian Lowry Fi1m's normalised score 30/100 (inferred from the text). 7 May 2006. Lowry finds the fast-moving disaster film thin on character and overly reliant on effects, leaving it an underwhelming voyage. He praises the harrowing survival sequences but says conspicuously computer-generated imagery blunts their impact. [Read the review](https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/poseidon-1200516471/) ## Slant Magazine — Ed Gonzalez Rating 0.5/4. 8 May 2006. Gonzalez condemns the film as an insulting, thoughtless blockbuster that advances a racist survival fantasy. He singles out its treatment of minority characters, especially Elena’s abrupt disposability, as the most troubling element. [Read the review](https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/poseidon/) ## Eye for Film — John Gallagher Fi1m's normalised score 78/100 (inferred from the text). 2 June 2006. Gallagher finds the remake thoroughly enjoyable and an effective, updated disaster film. He praises its brisk pacing, striking ship imagery, and likable characters. [Read the review](https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/poseidon-film-review-by-john-gallagher) ## Den of Geek — Luke Savage Rating 1 out of 5. 11 May 2010. Savage finds the film a joyless, mechanically plotted blockbuster that fails to make its disaster spectacle engaging. He praises Kevin Dillon’s Lucky Larry as the film’s only source of humor. [Read the review](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/poseidon-blu-ray-review/) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/poseidon.md