Vampire Academy
Mean Girls director Mark Waters adapts the first in Richelle Mead’s series of young adult fantasy books, starring Zoey Deutch (Beautiful Creatures) as human-vampire hybrid Rose. As a Dhampir, Rose is sworn to protect the peaceful Moroi mortal from the vicious Strigoi immortals. Co-stars Oblivion’s Olga Kurylenko and Modern Family’s Sarah Hyland.
- Director:
- Mark Waters ('Mean Girls', 'The Spiderwick Chronicles', 'Freaky Friday')
- Writer:
- Daniel Waters
- Cast:
- Zoey DeutchLucy FryDanila KoslovskyOlga KurylenkoClaire FoyCameron MonaghanSami GayleJoely RichardsonGabriel Byrne
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksIn the wake of damp squib would-be YA franchise-starters like Beautiful Creatures and The Mortal Instruments, audience fatigue for Twilight-wannabes is at an all-time high. Not helping Vampire Academy's case is the incredibly generic title (which sounds like a CW web series), and the whole thing exuding a whiff of having jumped on a bandwagon a few years too late.
Still hope for Vampires in a sequel perhaps?
At can be argued what came first twilight or vampire academy in terms of novels. Sadly Vampire academy has lost the battle for first screen adaptation by a long shot. It was always going to be hard to separate itself from previous vampire movies. There is afterall so much you can do with a vampire before its not a vampire... I will always be biased I love...
Variety
pressNot only plays like the crassest possible mashup of Harry Potter and Twilight, but seems designed to make those franchises look like eternal monuments of world culture by comparison.
The New York Times
pressWhat is surprising is that while the patchwork whole creaks terribly in places, the parts also show signs of life.
The Dissolve
pressFans of the books might enjoy seeing their world brought to life, but most everyone else will likely leave feeling as if they’ve just completed a seminar on vampire lore, and they’re likely to fail any pop quiz that follows.
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksIn the wake of damp squib would-be YA franchise-starters like Beautiful Creatures and The Mortal Instruments, audience fatigue for Twilight-wannabes is at an all-time high. Not helping Vampire Academy's case is the incredibly generic title (which sounds like a CW web series), and the whole thing exuding a whiff of having jumped on a bandwagon a few years too late.
Variety
pressNot only plays like the crassest possible mashup of Harry Potter and Twilight, but seems designed to make those franchises look like eternal monuments of world culture by comparison.
The New York Times
pressWhat is surprising is that while the patchwork whole creaks terribly in places, the parts also show signs of life.
The Dissolve
pressFans of the books might enjoy seeing their world brought to life, but most everyone else will likely leave feeling as if they’ve just completed a seminar on vampire lore, and they’re likely to fail any pop quiz that follows.
Still hope for Vampires in a sequel perhaps?
At can be argued what came first twilight or vampire academy in terms of novels. Sadly Vampire academy has lost the battle for first screen adaptation by a long shot. It was always going to be hard to separate itself from previous vampire movies. There is afterall so much you can do with a vampire before its not a vampire... I will always be biased I love...
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