Editing Blade Runner (section)

=== Critical response ===

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an 89% approval rating based on 132 reviews, with an average rating of 8.50/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Misunderstood when it first hit theaters, the influence of Ridley Scott's mysterious, neo-noir ''Blade Runner'' has deepened with time. A visually remarkable, achingly human sci-fi masterpiece."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blade_runner |title=Blade Runner (1982) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605074607/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blade_runner |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 84 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blade-runner |title=Blade Runner (1982) |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=April 3, 2020 |archive-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416101139/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blade-runner |url-status=live}}</ref>

Initial reactions among film critics were mixed. Some wrote that the plot took a back seat to the film's special effects and did not fit the studio's marketing as an action and adventure film. Others acclaimed its complexity and predicted it would stand the test of time.{{sfn|Sammon|p=313–315}} Negative criticism in the United States cited its slow pace.<ref>{{citation |last=Hicks |first=Chris |date=September 11, 1992 |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700000200/Blade-Runner.html |title=Movie review: Blade Runner |work=[[Deseret News]] |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140407001657/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700000200/Blade-Runner.html |archive-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref> [[Sheila Benson]] from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called it "Blade Crawler", and Pat Berman in ''[[The State (newspaper)|The State]]'' and ''[[Columbia Record]]'' described it as "science fiction pornography".<ref>Quoted in {{harvnb|Sammon|p=313 and 314}}, respectively.</ref> [[Pauline Kael]] praised ''Blade Runner'' as worthy of a place in film history for its distinctive sci-fi vision, yet criticized the film's lack of development in "human terms".<ref name="Kael">{{citation |last=Kael |first=Pauline |title=Taking It All In |year=1984 |publisher=Holt, Rinehart and Winston |isbn=978-0-03-069361-8 |pages=360–365}}</ref> ''[[Ares (magazine)|Ares]]'' magazine said, "Misunderstood by audiences and critics alike, it is by far the best ''science fiction'' film of the year."<ref name="Ares">{{cite journal |last=John |first=Christopher |title=Film & Television |journal=[[Ares (magazine)|Ares]] |publisher=[[TSR, Inc.]] |date=Winter 1983 |issue=13 |page=43}}</ref>