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Mar 31, 2011
100
Director Duncan Jones achieves a strange and winning amalgam, a gripping action film that also works as poetry.
Mar 14, 2011
91
Showcases Jones' ability to provide ample entertainment value with sharply drawn characters in a minimalist setting.
Mar 31, 2011
91
This is hair-raising, clever and winning entertainment. Even if his protagonists aren't entirely what they seem to be or think they are, Mr. Jones is, it's increasingly clear, the real thing.
Mar 31, 2011
88
An ingenious thriller that comes billed as science fiction, although its science is preposterous.
Mar 30, 2011
83
Among all the chess-piece players on the board, the star is the only one who really builds a solid emotional foundation for his character.
Mar 28, 2011
80
An exciting, intellectually stimulating science-fiction thriller which also connects emotionally. Everyone involved earns a promotion to the premiership.
Mar 28, 2011
80
It's a crackerjack ride, shot and edited for maximum discombobulation.
Mar 29, 2011
80
A propulsive ride worth your popcorn dollar, not for its preposterous genre tinkering but for its refreshingly humanist take on a high-concept gimmick.
Mar 30, 2011
80
What's really cool about the film - in addition to Jake Gyllenhaal's performance as Stevens - is how Jones makes sure that we don't know any more than Stevens does, right up till the end.
Mar 31, 2011
80
None of this makes any sense if you think about it, but the idea is so much fun that thinking about it may be your last impulse.
