Jack Matthews of the "New York Daily News" gave the film a 2.5 out of 5, stating, "For all its spiritual angst, "Constantine" is about as silly as fantasies get." Michael Sragow of "The Baltimore Sun" also gave the film a 2 out of 5, stating, "It all comes off as a case of filmmakers wanting to have their communion wafer and eat it, too." Desson Thomson, a writer for "The Washington Post", had similar sentiments of the film, specifically panning the film's distancing from the comic book upon which it is based: