Fresh
Cheesy but chipper vampire comedy has modest charms.
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
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Vamps
Overview
The modern-day story focuses on two beautiful young vampires who are living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In an era transfixed by zombies and assorted other ghouls, Vamps is a refreshing change of pace.
John Anderson, Variety
Rotten
"Vamps" is mostly a misfire, but Heckerling still shows enough flashes of wit and wisdom that she remains hard to entirely dismiss.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Vamps sends up our pop cultural fascination with bloodsucking but is itself a bit stiff with rigor mortis.
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
Rotten
Aging is probably the real theme here, but it's approached sidelong and has no punch. Still, only the nostalgia has any real conviction.
Rachel Saltz, New York Times
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