 A 30/100 approval rating on Metacritic is based on 36 reviews.Rotten Tomatoes reports 17% of 177 reviews being positive, with an average rating of 4/10.Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film one star out of a possible four, stating, ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" assembles a splendid team of heroes to battle a plan for world domination, and then, just when it seems about to become a real corker of an adventure movie, plunges into ... inexplicable motivations, causes without effects, effects without causes, and general lunacy."