As good as a comic movie is going to get.

Rating: Null/10 (4 April 2004)

I've been on here, scrolling through reviews of people saying Hellboy is god-awful, disappointing or the greatest thing to hit movie screens. Frankly, it wasn't either.
As a comic fan, yeah, it was true to the comic, for the most part. There's no real need to pick it apart there.
As a film fan, yeah, there's a rough patches. But there's rough patches in a lot of good movies. For example, some of the Indiana Jones movies had plot holes, but nobody cared because it was an exiting movie. So, naturally people who want everyone to think they're Harvard educated will tear it apart because of minor glitches.
The fact is, Del Toro makes this movie predictable, but if you come in with an open mind, you won't care. It's got one of the better preformances I've seen in a while by Ron Perlman as a flawed man-child of a superhero. He spits Bruce Campbell-esque one liners that you know you shouldn't laugh at, but you do anyway. He has childish jealousies, crushes, and mannerisms, but he lights up the screen during the action scenes.
Selma Blair is a bit underused, but still haunting and realistic. Rupert Evans, in the first actual role I've seen him in, was amazing.
John Hurt was, well, John Hurt. One of the better actors of his time.

All in all, just don't listen to the hype. Hellboy deserves to be watched, not studied.
7.7/10