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(1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1   "Vale la pena como comedia ligera, aunque hubiera preferido un tono más serio sobre el tema..."   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez 3.5/4 "Simone is brilliantly creative and hilarious, a wild and silly farce that holds nothing back in its gutsy attempt to abandon every ounce of sanity..."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 3/4 "...an above-average sophomoric effort from [director Andrew] Niccol."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C- "Simone was not destroyed by a virus, but by an idea that never took shape."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "A topically ambitious motion picture that never spots a true purpose for being."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3.5/4 "Simone is a creation that does have it all – comedy, brains, ideas, beauty and discussion."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B+ "A remarkable movie, if only for effectively burying its theme beneath a good red herring."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2.5/4 "Simone should have exposed more of its heartless hard drive to give this flimsy computerized comedy some more edgy kick in its absurdity devoted to creating an ideal image for pop culture pundits."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B "Demonstrates that a one-joke movie can work just fine if the joke's a good one and is well delivered...a delicious takeoff on the culture of celebrity."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "This is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/4 "a media satire that ultimately lacks bite"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "If you’re expecting a scathing commentary on our media obsessed times, then Simone isn’t it. If you’re expecting a funny comedy, then Simone isn’t it either."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 3/4 "A sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 5/10 "It contains too many missed opportunities, mediocre storytelling and limp satire to be as good as it might have been."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 5/10 "The film ultimately didn't deliver enough balls to back its ballsy premise."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo ""Simone," trots around like a lame horse begging for someone to shoot it. There's nothing worse than watching a sick animal labor towards death."   Light Views   John Larsen 5/10 "A concept that is much better in theory than it is in practice"   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/5 "Simone as an icon (nyuk nyuk) is a combination of Pygmalion and Narcissus ? how apt. Elegantly done."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery B+ "Niccol the filmmaker merges his collaborators' symbolic images with his words, insinuating, for example, that in Hollywood, only God speaks to the press"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/4 "Not a bad movie, just an unambitious one."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "Niccol cleverly tweaks Hollywood’s delusional obsession with itself."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "Niccol makes what seems like a preposterous idea not only fresh and entertaining, but most of all reveals said idea to be not at all far removed from reality."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3.5/4 "The real theme here is the destructive nature of increasingly good special effects and how filmmakers become over-reliant on them."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 4/5 "It is great fun to see Pacino do farce and the movie has some deliciously sharp satire."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 3/5 "Para funcionar da melhor maneira, a sátira tem sempre que manter um pé na realidade. Porém, ao perder este contato com o mundo real, S1m0ne se transforma em fábula – e sua força desaparece."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "Entertaining and provocative enough."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C "It can't properly manage its wonderful conceit, and proves ultimately too timid to make the impression it really should."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "Low-key comedy about Hollywood absurdities is aided by some great acting talent and a lot of funny in-jokes."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "“Simone” is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford C+ "(Niccol's) screenplay for The Truman Show explored similar themes, though that film worked from a better blueprint to reach a more satisfying conclusion."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell "In the movie, fictional director Viktor Taransky has a CGI actress that he bills as flesh and blood; in real life, director Andrew Nichol has a flesh-and-blood actress that he bills as CGI."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 3.5/4 "The picture's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3.5/4 "A brilliant satire of the film industry."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell 3/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf C+ Read review   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 7/10 Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 2/4 Read review   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 8/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   Nitrate Online   Cynthia Fuchs Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1