Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she meets Maximilian, a smooth-talking Caribbean playboy determined to romance her.
Vampire in Brooklyn is neither funny nor frightening and comes up a tedious middle-road hybrid from veteran scaremeister Wes Craven, who directed.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
rotten:
Neither as good as it might be nor as bad as you might expect.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
12 Apr 2002
rotten:
To call this a comedy is a sign of optimism; to call it a comeback for Murphy is a sign of blind faith.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Murphy's pale efforts are enough to make one fondly recall Blacula. Now that was one sucker who knew how to make a film that didn't.
– Susan Wloszczyna,
USA Today,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
They're no match, though, for the crushing disappointment of having to watch Murphy on the comic sidelines. It's like going to a Barbra Streisand concert and being asked to listen with her while the rhythm section sings.