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(1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten Page   1   3.5/4 "...has the visionary scope of '2001: A Space Odyssey,' and a story so smart and compelling that it had me grinding my teeth."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 3.5/4 "A gorgeous, surprisingly meditative look at the beauty of life and the mysteries of death."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/4 "A frigid and boring (albeit noble) adaptation of what is, argueably, the greatest and most profound of RPGs."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez C "Darned if the thing doesn't feel like a Saturday-morning adventure cartoon stretched out to feature-length."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "While it entertains & may go down as the best video game film ever, Final Fantasy comes up a disappointment by not exploiting the full potential of the visuals. "   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "Final Fantasy works better as a 2-hour demo reel than as movie, a showcase of what we can do and what we can do better."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov D+ "It's muddled, hackneyed and torpid, and the only emotional reaction it elicits from viewers is one of tedium."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "Fast-paced and highly watchable."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 6/10 "As a technical achievement [the characters] are astounding. It's too bad they weren't put into a plot that felt less hackneyed."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 4/4 "So gorgeous, so able to transport the viewer, that normal sticking points like clichéd plot and hackneyed dialogue don't much matter."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "It feels as if a computer also wrote and directed the film."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 5/10 "This film's bleak and murky vision, and somewhat incomprehensible spiritual mumbo-jumbo storyline, just didn't do it for me."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo "The people look and act like video game characters. When the movie comes to an end, you expect it to say Game Over."   Light Views   John Larsen "The characters are so frighteningly lifelike ... that it becomes distracting, which I guess actually helps the story in a way."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/4 "Tiene el gran valor de ser innovadora, creativa y profundamente arriesgada. Seguramente se convertirá en un clásico con el paso de los años"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 3 "They are both visually very stunning to look at, both a wee on the wooden side, acting-wise, and both a mite forgettable."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 7/10 "Lo que no cambia, se extingue. El cine no es la excepción; Final Fantasy puede no ser el primer paso, pero sí el más dramático. "   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 3.5/4 "Made by intelligent people for intelligent people."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 2.5/4 "The look of Final Fantasy then provides food for thought: what is "realism" and what does it have to do with the movies? "   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "Apparently, about $100 billion and millions of hours of rendering cycles went into creating Dr. Beautiful's hair, and about $1.50 and a coffee break went into the script."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "Photo-realism can only go so far when so little thought has gone into the story the 'synthespians' are acting out. "   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3.5/4 "Not just for genre audiences... deserves to be appreciated by anyone looking for smart, classy entertainment."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 2/5 "When we see something with so little difference from humans, it just makes clearer how important that difference is."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 4/5 "Final Fantasy não é o melhor filme do ano - isso é certo. Mas é indubitavelmente aquele que entrará para os livros da história da 7ª Arte."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca C "The animators put in a lot of hard work here, and they should be very proud of themselves. But frankly, if Final Fantasy is the future of movies, I'm taking up macramé."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 2.5/4 "It succeeds in making the viewer wish for the images of real people on the screen instead of fake ones."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "The real draw for “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” is to the many fans of the video game series and those who are curious...."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 56/100 "Despite its strong visual appeal, Final Fantasy alienates the audience with strange theories that go unexplained, and characters that rival Pinocchio’s reality."   Apollo Guide   Ryan Cracknell 5/10 "If human beings were made up entirely of eyeballs, this would be an instant classic."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg C "The clumsy script spells out exposition in the most blunt terms and a brave attempt to express subtle emotions in dramatic scenes is doomed by the limitations of the technology and the animator."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker "My fantasy involved having the projector break or seeing the theater lights come back on."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell "After you're done marveling at the characters' semirealistic way of moving and the freckles and minor imperfections that dot their skin ... it's all too easy to get hung up on the things that make them seem clumsy and awkward."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek C- "The heroes, though eye-poppingly rendered, remain emotionally as one-dimensional as any computer-game avatar."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus "The film is hands down the best ever based on a video game."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 2/4 "...from the first half hour through the final, unbelievably dull moment, the film beats its audience over the head with the same, tired moral."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 6/10 Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 6/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker Read review   Philadelphia City Paper   Cynthia Fuchs Read review   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline  (1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten Page   1