A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
Anaconda is such a classic combination of feckless dramaturgy and rampant excess that giving way to giggles is the only sane response.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb 2001
rotten:
Anaconda is about a snake that eats everybody. That about says it all.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
rotten:
One never questions the realism of the remarkable animatronic and computer-generated effects, but it's hard to credit a snake that screams.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
A silly and plodding Jaws rip-off about a 40-foot man-eating snake on the prowl in the Brazilian rain forest.
– Joe Leydon,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Anaconda, directed by Luis Llosa with all of the subtlety of a snake-oil salesman, is in the great tradition of cinematic cheese, as processed as Kraft Singles slices.