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“particularly early on, that had my hopes up”
Gimly · TMDB reviews ↗
“by the end? God I was so disappointed”
Gimly · TMDB reviews ↗
“To me it seemed to start off really slow”
ryu9376 · Metacritic ↗
“it picked up”
ryu9376 · Metacritic ↗
“Jack Black and Cate Blanchett make a great combination start to finish. They charm throughout.”
Jim222001 · Metacritic ↗
“Now you don’t get to meet the villain of the film until it’s halfway done and it’s not even that captivating of a villain. In a movie like this, the villain should be somebody that you fear and want to be against, but he was just a laughably bad villain.”
Trineo99 · Metacritic ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 63% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“So it comes as no small shock that The House With a Clock in Its Walls may very well be one of the best spooky movies to ever operate under a PG rating. The man known for taking things too far also appears to know exactly where to stop.”
Matthew Monagle, Austin Chronicle · 89
“A fantastical adventure, dandy ode to weirdos, and accessible anti-war allegory for all ages, especially 10-year-old boys.”
Brad Wheeler, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) · 88
“Roth and screenwriter Eric Kripke’s adaptation of The House With a Clock in its Walls is a bullseye, perfectly balanced between funny and scary.”
Matthew Dessem, Slate · 80
“This is absolutely Eli Roth’s best film. It’s scary, poignant, thrilling, and just a ton of fun.”
Anthony Ray Bench, Film Threat · 80
“The House With a Clock in Its Walls is easily Eli Roth’s best motion picture, and that’s not an attempt to damn the film with faint praise. It’s a spooky and amusing piece of family-friendly Halloween cinema, sharply produced and mostly effective, told with skill and panache.”
William Bibbiani, TheWrap · 79
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“To me it seemed to start off really slow”
ryu9376about 0–50% inread it ↗
“it picked up”
ryu9376about 50–100% inread it ↗
“Jack Black and Cate Blanchett make a great combination start to finish. They charm throughout.”
Jim222001about 0–100% inread it ↗
“Now you don’t get to meet the villain of the film until it’s halfway done and it’s not even that captivating of a villain. In a movie like this, the villain should be somebody that you fear and want to be against, but he was just a laughably bad villain.”
Trineo99about 50–100% inread it ↗
“particularly early on, that had my hopes up”
Gimlyabout 0–33% inread it ↗
“by the end? God I was so disappointed”
Gimlyabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“I was surprise about how much I enjoy this film. Jack Black and Cate Blanchett are great together in this film. The film felt like a 80s kids horror film. I would love to see more films with these characters. There are a few poop jokes which were the worst part of the film (but these jokes seem to be expected in modern kids films). I feel like this film would have cult film status in a few years.”
donovanhill27read it ↗
“**Fantasy and light horror are relatively in harmony, even if this is problematic for a lot of people.** I saw this movie recently and I really liked it. It's nothing original, it does what others have done equally well, but manages to entertain the public very well, and especially young people and teenagers. Alright, the movie has some scarier scenes that might impress, but they didn't strike me as unbearable. The script is based on the journey of a young orphan to his uncle's house, a fo”
Filipe Manuel Netoread it ↗
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