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(1 - 50) of 63 OFCS Rating: 56% Rotten Page   12   > Next "It may be just another superhero movie (or several of them, all frantically playing out at the same time), but it delivers everything you could want from the genre several times over."   musicOMH.com   Anton Bitel C "Perhaps the most surprising aspect of X3 is that it's curiously boring."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 2.5/5 "But the main problem with the film, one that keeps it from reaching the highest elevations of popcorn entertainment, is its lack of real emotional resonance."   DVD Verdict   Bill Gibron 8/10 "There's more drama, backstabbing, temper tantrums and shocks in The Last Stand than in a season of "Dynasty". So far, it's the best event movie of the year."   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens A- "Take The Last Stand as all surface, relentless comic book amusement, and it's a vastly agreeable sit."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf B ""X-Men: The Last Stand" is a comic book movie that crams in a stunning number of characters while still managing to map out significant emotional underpinnings."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "All the wreckage doesn't make the choices seem more informed or more resonant. They just seem louder. "   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "Had the filmmakers spent as much time to developing the story as they did to lame in-jokes and an annoying post-credits coda, X-Men: The Last Stand wouldn't have seemed like an inferior clone of the previous mutant masterpieces."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 1/5 "This is a stupid, hateful, ignorant movie, one of the very worst comic book films ever made."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius A "A thrilling third chapter that delves deeper thematically while expanding the universe of franchise characters. Thus far, it's simply the most X-citing film of 2006."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 2.5/4 "An acceptable -- albeit mindless -- sequel that should placate fans of the series."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "In this season of one disappointing blockbuster after another this one, at this point of time, looks good in comparison."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "A fast and furious smorgasbord of sound and fury, adding up to little in the long run, but, yes, fun while it lasts."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 2/5 "Sin llegar al nivel de las anteriores, esta tercera parte entretiene aunque está más basada en la acción que en sus personajes, rasgo fuerte de la saga."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B- "It's fun enough to be worth seeing, but it's nowhere near as slick, action-packed or entertaining as its predecessors."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "Begins to unravel in displays of silliness and a lack of drive that fails to payoff all its ideas or reach the level of excitement expected for such a final showdown."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "The series seems a little like a car stalwartly puttering along despite the fact that its fuel gauge is firmly planted on "E"."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "Nothing really feels at stake other than box-office opening-weekend numbers"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce 2/4 "Sadly, “X” didn’t mark the spot convincingly this time around. Ratner directs with all the urgency of a nervous Nellie with a bladder problem."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C- "Stand falls pretty far, pretty fast, winding up for all the bombast rather wan and pedestrian."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "Anyone who has ever felt like an outsider or a pariah will identify with the engaging themes of this rousing adventure."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "X-Men: The Last Stand is the first blockbuster of the 2006 summer season that hasn't caused me to shake my head with disappointment. It delivers pretty much what's expected."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/5 "When X-Men: The Last Stand works, it is primarily because it doesn't lose sight of the emotions that fuel the fire."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "Thankfully there are no nipple caps to be found on Wolverine's costume . . ."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 2.5/4 "Sacrifices socio-political relevance for flashy pyrotechnics and visceral pleasures galore."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "It's mainly The Last Stand's feeling of treading water that bugs the most. Although it's certainly a watchable movie, the franchise has led us to expect much more than that."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 4.5/10 "A noisy and active but ultimately mediocre experience that probably won't be the last of its kind."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 5/10 "My least favorite of the three X-MEN movies, but definitely not a disaster by any means..."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 2.5/4 "The results are less than x-citing."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3/5 "Its concept hinted at real greatness, but the end result is never anything more than average."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi "Judging by this third and purportedly final installment, the X-gene has been tapped out."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   John P. McCarthy 3/5 "full review in Greek"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 5/5 "."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 4/5 "For once, I cared about these characters; perhaps because their plight is one shared by so many in the real world who want conformity at any price...it gave me all I asked."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3.0/4.0 "... the logical conclusion to every comic book story arc: all Hell is breaking loose... (but) what kind of final epic confrontation is less than two hours long?"   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/5 "I'll probably enjoy it better than the potentially disastrous Superman Returns in June."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 4/4 "Perfectly completes and extends the first two films and confirms this franchise's place in the pantheon of all-time great Hollywood trilogies."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B "doesn't require its audience to be fans of the comic books or even to have seen previous installments...stands on its own as a solid piece of entertainment"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 4/5 "Una cinta veraniega indudablemente, que vale cada átomo mutante o no, del boleto pagado; una muestra de que el cine comercial puede ser entretenimiento puro con ocasionales pinceladas de humor negro y vida real."   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 2.5/4 "For all the sound, fury and spectacle, the film feels vaguely hollow and unsatisfying."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 7/10 "Are mutants going to savor their special unique natures or are they going to try to be like the "normal" population. It could be an intriguing idea, but the film does not develop the issue in any detail."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "Ratner just sucks all the emotional energy out of this oversize FX coloring book..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/5 "It's not just a matter of its failing to live up to the standard set by the second film; it's that it isn't good enough by any standards."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "It's gratifying to see the X-Men movies be about something rather than just trying to be mindless action thrill rides."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "A story that is as absorbing as the special effects and stunts."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "A dreary species of empty pomp and circumstance, far too similar to many of its summer movie brethren and disappointingly dissimilar from its superior predecessors."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 5/5 "Segue de perto a linha bem-sucedida de seus antecessores, utilizando a saga dos mutantes para estabelecer uma inteligente alegoria sobre a própria sociedade em que vivemos."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2/5 "Look out, it's Porcupine Guy! His hugs are lethal! And there's "Angel," who...flies around a lot with his shirt off."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3.5/5 "At least Ratner knows how to handle both action and drama on screen, even if subtlety and substance fall by the wayside."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 2/5 "It has no passion, no connection to where we are now, and in a series whose stories have heretofore spoken dark truths about American intolerance, that matters."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves  (1 - 50) of 63 OFCS Rating: 56% Rotten Page   12   > Next