JinRoz
For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!
Sexyloutak
Absolutely the worst movie.
TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Paul Magne Haakonsen
If you are already familiar with the concept of the critters from the previous two movies, then you will feel right at home with this third movie in the franchise.The storyline in "Critters 3" is very easy to keep up with, and it was very much in the spirit of the previous two. Except that they moved the story from the outdoors setting of Grover's Bend and taking it indoors in a New York Apartment complex. This change of scenery was actually quite interesting and fun.The creature (read critters) design definitely got an improvement, and there is more life-like movement to the ferocious little dangerous creatures. And they have taken on more of a personality trait as well, making them more than just monstrous eating machines. The details on the critter designs is better than in the previous two movies. It would seem that the paralytic quills that the critters can fire off are less potent in this third movie, for some reason, in comparison to the previous two movies."Critters 3" does take quite a while before it gets up into gear and starts to deliver what the audience wants; which is the critters, of course. That being said, don't get me wrong, because the movie is not boring or anything, it just takes its sweet time to establish some characters and setup the setting for the remainder of the movie.The cast in "Critters 3" were doing a good job, as the cast also had done in the previous two movies. And it is always nice to have some returning cast pop up in sequels. And having a young Leonardo DiCaprio in this movie was just hilarious, but he actually proved to be a good actor even back then. If you have been watching movies during the late 1980s and early 1990s, then you will see some familiar faces in "Critters 3", such as Diana Bellamy (playing Rosalie) and Frances Bay (playing Mrs. Menges).You can actually jump into the franchise with any of the movie, because it is hardly a prerequisite that you watch the movie in chronological order to be fully up to speed as to what is going on. So it is quite possible to sit down and watch "Critters 3" without having watched the previous two movies and still get the full enjoyment and entertainment out of the movie as you would if you had watched the previous two.The added comedy element is more prominent in "Critters 3" compared to the previous two, for better or worse. I did, personally, enjoy it, because it seemed like a natural evolution to take the franchise in. And the critter that drank the dish wash detergent still cracks me up every time I watch the movie."Critters 3" is definitely a well-worthy addition to the "Critters" franchise.
bowmanblue
In case you don't know, 'Critters 3' is best known for being the first ever film to feature Leonardo DiCaprio. Here, he plays a kid who is a kid. Then, forever after, he was destined to play an adult who looks like a kid. But then that's just me being bitter at his seeming inability to age.Anyway, if you haven't seen 'Critters 3' then you might want to start with the first two, as they're arguably better and, well, chronology and all that. The Critters are little alien monsters who crash-landed on Earth and generally eat everyone and everything – or rather everyone and everything who isn't one of the lead cast. These baddies tend to only eat people you won't really care about. Or at least they certainly do now! I haven't seen another monster/slasher film where the villains do so little damage to so few people. If the Critters franchise was ever really classed as 'horror' (which it wasn't really – it was more only every horror with a spoonful of comedy). Now, it really is played out tongue-in-cheek with no real attempts to scare you. The Critters roll and bounce around the place, bumping into things and come across more like Mr Bean with bigger teeth than anything that really threatens humankind.Critters 3 is a short film. And for good reason. There really isn't that much in the way of plot to fill it. You get the little monsters brought back from the countryside into a big city. You'd think that with the added number of human-prey this would make a change from the farm-country the previous two were set in. However, the whole film is basically set in one apartment block. And, for some reason, no one (Critter or human) ever really seems to make much of a play to leave the building. You could argue that this creates an air of tension and claustrophobia. But it doesn't. It's just a cheap continuation of the franchise.Yes, I know I'm being kind of negative. And this is yet another step down for the franchise. But that's not to say that I didn't find some enjoyment in it. The Critters themselves – one again – are the real stars and, for all their 'prat-falls' they're still quite fun to watch.If you like your eighties monster-horror films then you're probably best off sticking to the first one (which most people seem to think is best, personally, I preferred part 2, but anyway...). However, if you REALLY like the Critters and want to see more of them, you can try this – it's the sort of film where you can surf the net and watch it at the same time and still miss much. Plus, did I mention it had baby-faced Leo in it? He's being chased my fur-balls – c'mon, that's got to be worth watching, right?
tomgillespie2002
Shot back-to-back with Critters 4, this third instalment of the relatively successful comedy-horror series featuring the oddly cute but deadly crites was the first to skip theatres and arrive straight to video. The movie starts as widowed father Clifford (John Calvin), his daughter Annie (Aimee Brooks) and son Johnny (Christian and Joseph Cousins) drive home from their family vacation. When they are forced to pull over due to a flat tire, Annie and Johnny head to a rest stop to play a bit of Frisbee, where they encounter Josh (Leonardo DiCaprio), a floppy-haired cool-kid with an arsehole of a stepfather (William Dennis Hunter), who just so happens to be the landlord of the family. While stationed there, they encounter alien bounty hunter Charlie (Don Keith Opper) who warns the children of another crite invasion.After a summary of the previous two movies by the former Grover's Bend sheriff-turned-intergalactic alien killer, the family arrive at their apartment building where a collection of comedy archetypes reside. Some eggs hatch and the usual havoc ensues as the new collection of furry killers travel from floor to floor munching anything they can get their teeth into. The action stops at the apartment building once we arrive there and this is where the budget constraints become obvious. Not that the Critters franchise was ever blessed with innovative special effects or puppet-work, but things seem especially lazy and poorly done here.With everything taking place in one location, we are forced to sit through set-piece after set-piece, as the crites do little but bounce or roll to the next attack and use their poisoned darts to varying degrees of success, usually depending on who they're shooting at. The attempts are humour are childish, with one of the few interesting characters - no-nonsense maintenance lady Marcia (Katherine Cortez) - left literally swinging from a wire for an extended amount of time in a running joke that quickly wears thin. Similar to Gremlins (1984), there is an attempt to give the critters some kind of personality, but they prove as indistinguishable from one another as they have previously. Worth watching only for the curiosity of seeing future A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio in one of his earliest appearances.
gwnightscream
Don Opper, Aimee Brooks, John Calvin and Leonardo DiCaprio star in this 1991 sci-fi/horror sequel. This begins with teenage girl, Annie (Brooks), her father, Cliff (Calvin) and little brother, Johnny (Christian & Joseph Cousins) heading back from vacation to their L.A. apartment building. Along the way, Annie and Johnny meet bounty hunter, Charlie McFadden (Opper) who tells them about the town of Grover's Bend and it's previous encounters with the Critters. After coming home, they and their neighbors become terrorized by a new batch of hungry aliens. Soon, Charlie comes to their rescue and helps them fight against them. DiCaprio (Titanic) is younger in this and plays Josh, the stepson of their ruthless landlord. This sequel isn't bad, but unnecessary because the last film ended well. I still recommend it if you're a fan of the Critters.
