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(1 - 38) of 38 OFCS Rating: 16% Rotten Page   1   2.5/5 "The Invasion's conceit is so laidback that it actually takes a while to realize the world is going to Hell."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron "This has to be the lamest alien invasion movie since the killer tomatoes attacked."   Beyond Hollywood   Brian Holcomb B "Invasion soon resembles a greatest hits reel from Hirschbiegel's original creation, leaving the narrative in a shambles, but, again, still rich with compelling body snatchery goodness."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf C- "Vanishing subplots and all-around poor storytelling plague this weary update of the horror classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers.""   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "The alien-engineered change that threatens humans is no longer a matter of pods that enclose victims while they sleep, but a virus-like "highly resilient organism," transmitted through body fluids%u2014most grotesquely, glutinous, sticky phlegm."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/4 "Wall-to-wall stiffness runs rampant in this latest take on Jack Finney's oft-filmed 'Body Snatchers yarn."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 2.5/4 "The incredibly erratic structure - undoubtedly a result of the notorious reshoots - ultimately dulls the impact of the movie's overtly effective attributes..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "Cooks up a preposterously tacked-on and ill-advised ending that ruins the integrity of what has come before."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/5 "Un film de acción y suspenso moderadamente entretenido, en el que el terror va invadiendo lo cotidiano. Hay algunas connotaciones políticas algo cuestionables, pero no da para tomárselas demasiado en serio."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C "The creepy premise is rendered almost ineffective through weak, factory-issued dialogue and a disappointing finale."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "It's not as uneasy a mix as it seems on paper, but you can't help feel like its guts are still lying in the editing room looking for someone to host a definitive cut."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress D "A misbegotten clone whose awfulness only accentuates the varied virtues of earlier versions of this pod-people tale."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "The mismatched blending of Hirschbiegel's low-key horror and the Wachowski Brothers' anything-but-low-key action sequences results in a cinematic dud."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/5 "When it isn't being clumsily placed in the foreground, much of this philosophical questioning is shoved out of the way in favor of more conventional action setpieces and suspense."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "Depressing proof of how Hollywood movies have just grown worse since the 1970's . . ."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 6/10 "The Invasion moves in too many conventional directions, its unwillingness to take chances proving its ultimate downfall."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 1.5/5 "i diahroniki aksia toy eksogiini eisboli synepagetai pagkosmia eirini, ependyetai me epideiksimania sti fotografia kai to montaz, stin prospatheia na kalyfthei ena senario poy otan ftanei sto zoymi, mporei na leitoyrgisei mono an sta symptomata toy ioy ei"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3/5 "While you're watching it, it feels new and interesting, and as soon as it's over, you kind of feel like you've seen it before. It's creepy and cool and stylish, meaningful, and forgettable."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.5/5 "made with too much optimism"   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr 2/4 "A frantic mess that opens with a scene plucked from the film's third act that smacks of having been moved up to pacify audiences too restless for a slow build."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1/3 "La mayor novedad que presenta sobre las anteriores es [..] la explicación a base de cháchara científica con palabros tan gordos como vacíos."   Off-Off-Critica   MalaBesta 2.5/4 "There are a lot of challenging elements in The Invasion, but ultimately, the movie is a bit too easy on them, itself, and the audience."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 6/10 "This is a film that is pretty good until it turns bad. In the last twenty minutes the film goes terribly sour as it metamorphoses into another mindless action film."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "'I'm so afraid I'm gonna fall asleep,' Nicole Kidman says... as if she were reading my mind, for I was thinking at that exact moment, 'I think this movie is gonna put me to sleep.' Weird, huh?"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/4 "In trying to graft on the traditional popcorn thrills in something apparently conceived as a more cerebral look at the concept's societal ramifications, the film winds up not doing either concern much justice."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3/4 "While it doesn't completely succeed at anything it tries to do, it succeeds sufficiently at most of them to be enjoyable."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "Someone should check the basement of the studio for pods."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow "Labeling it a mess would be to understate the case; a more apt description would be that it's chaotic to the point of being anarchic."   Cinematical   Nick Schager 2/5 "Reflete a impassividade de seus vilões, já que desenvolve sua narrativa potencialmente tensa de maneira insossa e pouco envolvente."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 1.5/5 "I realize horror remakes are with us for good, but maybe four and out is a good philosophy for anyone considering yet another Body Snatcher film."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 "Watchable but unnecessary."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 2/4 "The Invasion's lack of thematic coherence points not only to a simplistic view of the world but to the fragmentation one risks when undergoing artistic collaboration within the film industry."   Slant Magazine   Rob Humanick C "Its grim overtones eventually give way to pandering bits of crowd pleasing that clash badly with the overall mood."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 1.5/5 "A huge mess of celluloid that, frankly, never should have made it past the "Hey let's do BODY SNATCHERS again!" stage."   FEARnet   Scott Weinberg 4/10 "The Invasion, although it does some things awfully well, assumes that you are an idiot."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 2/4 "Aside from a handful of scenes, the fourth version of Finney's pulp novel may induce drowsiness, rather than goose-bumps."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 0.5/4 "Will please millions of moviegoers who care about movies the way johns care about hookers."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 6/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo  (1 - 38) of 38 OFCS Rating: 16% Rotten Page   1