"As a narrative, “Evangelion 3.0″ may make you feel your brain is turning
into goat cheese. As a showcase for pure visual ingenuity and splendor,
though, it rocks."
Variety likes it and even explains the annoying convoluted history behind it.
There's a small review from the
LA Times which more or less explains it as confusing.
"The convoluted plot will make any neophyte more confused than a dog in
space. Desiccated by its pretensions, it's freeze-dried melodrama."