“Marveling at its grotesque gigantism doesn’t make this two-and-a-half-hour-long movie any less dull.” Dana Stevens, Slate

“In the future, maybe Bay should abandon using a screenwriter altogether and just fill up 90 minutes with disconnected images of robo-carnage.” James Berardinelli, Reelviews

“Being able to go to the movies and not think is fine—but that’s different from going to a movie that assumes you can’t think.” Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

“There’s no doubt it could have been much worse. It could have been Transformers 2.” Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express

“Mindless escapist fare designed with the attention-deficit millennials in mind.” Kam Williams, Newsblaze