This Tarzan is a corrective, a vengeful Congo Unchained that reteams Jackson and Waltz. Yates mines Zirconium Tarantino, even letting Jackson cackle while blasting a machine gun
– Amy Nicholson,
MTV,
1 Jul 2016
fresh:
The Legend of Tarzan moves briskly and has the overall feel of one of Burroughs' more entertaining stories come to the screen.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jul 2016
rotten:
[Jackson] seems to be in the film mostly to provide some well-needed comic relief.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Jul 2016
rotten:
The plot of the classic adventure tale has been admirably reconfigured to meet modern sensibilities, but the resulting film is simplistic, condescending, and inert.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Jul 2016
fresh:
You have to laugh a little at its audaciousness, but it's so completely irony-free that to deride it would only be cheap. Why not just enter its CGI-heavy bubble of wonder?