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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe new Burke & Hare offers many pleasures, chief among them the return of the Landis of old.
- 70The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThose who care less about such stuff than about being entertained will find plenty to like in this ghoulish comedy, a droll take on one of the most notorious mass-murder cases of the 19th century.
- 50New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithAll of the actors are enjoying themselves, and the movie is stuffed with history, atmosphere and vivid characters. What's in short supply, though, is laughter.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettA so-called black comedy that is more sort of dull, spotty and yucky.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThe film doesn't come within spitting distance of vintage Landis, e.g., "Animal House" or "An American Werewolf in London." But at least it's not "The Stupids."
- 40Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzBurke and Hare is a waste of a good cast and a better story, as well as a hollow reminder of how John Landis seemingly has lost his touch.
- 38Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierSlant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierBroadness this indolent hardly even stirs one to antipathy.
- 38Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrIf anything, Burke & Hare is a slaphappy mess that recalls Landis's earliest work on 1970s midnight movies like "Schlock'' and "The Kentucky Fried Movie.''
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceBy swinging between broad laughs and cheap pathos - Pegg's specialties as an actor, apparently - while avoiding the more fertile ground between, Landis renders his Burke and Hare sociopolitically toothless and bizarrely insensitive.