The numerous fight scenes have been filmed in Confuse-o-Rama, a headache-inducing technique that mixes a dozen too many cuts per minute, projectile P.O.V., and intermittent glimpses of the hero's sonar sensorium.
– Ed Park,
Village Voice,
19 Feb 2003
rotten:
The movie has far less emotional weight than, say, Spider-Man.
– John Powers,
L.A. Weekly,
20 Feb 2003
rotten:
Convincing in the physical demands of the role, Affleck persuades us of the pain of sightlessness and supersensitive hearing, although writer/director Johnson's scrappy construction fails him and everyone else as the showdown approaches.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
[A] dull actioner.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
18 Apr 2007
rotten:
Torn between moody grandiosity and cartoonish mayhem, Daredevil tries to have it both ways, and succeeds at neither.