Watch it at your own risk.

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2005)

Del Toro did an acceptable job here. The opening scenes especially where we learn the origins of Hellboy and the enemy to be reckoned with. It's detailed and compelling and remains loyal to the comic. Ron Perlman is awesome. He has a gift of giving the "brute" humanity(i.e. "City of Lost Children".)
So, what went wrong? Selma Blair, that's what. She is vapid, unpleasant and barren of any emotion. I would like to say you just don't care about her character here, despite her best effort, but she just doesn't seem to put forth any. During what could have been a touching moment between her and love-interest Hellboy, she pauses for drama, but you're really expecting her to call off camera... "Line?". On a side note, Selma did well in her role for "Cruel Intentions", where she played a spoiled socialite-on-the-rise who is naturally vapid, unpleasant and barren of any emotion. To this, I attribute her current success, as she probably caught the attention of many filmmakers. But now that she is mucking up lead roles someone needs to say enough is enough, and I for one am crying uncle.