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(1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1   C "What starts off as a compelling drama descends into a stock B-grade horror flick with some of the worst big budget special effects of recent memory."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 3/5 "I Am Legend is a depressing experience. For everything it gets right, dozens of things go horribly, horribly wrong."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron C+ "There's greatness inside I Am Legend, however it's too much work to act enthused about a film that runs out of gas halfway through."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf C- "Even A Boy and His Dog (1974) carried a stronger punch [than this] visually transformative but thematically weak movie."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Facing down a body-slamming, wholly inarticulate Alpha Male, Neville appeals to their shared humanity, even though it's obvious: the damage of difference has been done."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 58/100 "When I am Legend reaches for the tissues in the third act, director Lawrence loses his grip on the film entirely"   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 3/4 "I Am Legend is a frightening film. What gets under your skin, though, has nothing to do with the conventional horror elements."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Las libertades que se toma al adaptar la novela de culto de Richard Matheson no impiden que sea un entretenimiento efectivo y por momentos inquietante."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "The silence, the suspense, and Smith's accessible performance draw you in for some post-apocalyptic fun."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "I Am Legend simply sucks but that's putting it a little too mildly when the last man on earth is liable to skip over it in favor of I Am Sam."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "Good enough that the mistakes it makes are genuinely frustrating rather than feeling par for the course."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "While the last half hour is a weak and unnecessary pat ending typical of Hollywood, Lawrence wins me over on the first half, and I absolutely loved what was on display here..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. C "Almost unrelievedly grim and increasingly tedious as it goes along, with a third act that stumbles badly and a coda that's speciously uplifting."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A scary sci-fi story set in Manhattan in 2012 where a lone surviving scientist struggles to find a cure for the virus that has destroyed most of the human race."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B- "It isn't an accident that, from what we can gather from the quick flashbacks, the threat to America's stability begins in Manhattan, that hotbed of secular humanism."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3/4 "Smith nails the portrayal. It's not the kind of work that will earn him an Oscar nomination but audiences usually don't see better than this in genre films."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Much better than any self-respecting science fiction fan could have hoped for . . ."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 4/4 "I don't know how well I Am Legend will hold up on repeat viewings, or over time -- but while it's happening, I Am Legend is a slick, scary, superbly made action/science fiction/horror film with a lot more art, heart and smarts than you'd expect."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 7/10 "Provides a well-produced, if not necessarily fresh, version of the apocalyptic scenario, with the most haunting visuals being that of empty New York."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 7/10 "A film that obviously feels familiar, yet fresh and exciting at the same time"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3.5/4 "Superlative fright-fest featuring Will Smith at the top of his game as the last human survivor in a Manhattan full of night-dwelling mutants."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 6/10 "...a triumph of set design and CGI over story line or credibility."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 7/10 "A tidy post-apocalyptic thriller starring the increasingly impressive Will Smith."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3.5/5 "merikes entyposiakes psifiakes beltistopoiiseis, anastatotikoys rythmoys, anatrihiastika plana adeias kai paratimenis sti zoygklopoiisi Neas Yorkis kai eksarseis synarpastikis drasis, na soy kratoyn syntrofia sta skotadia tis peinasmenis alla anisis, sath"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 4/5 "The exacting demands of filmgoing audiences have finally drawn out the heart of this book. (Disclosure: I have not read it, but now am willing to. For the antidote to this impulse, see The Omega Man.) Adding a dog probably didn't hurt either."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3.0/4.0 "This is Will Smith's Cast Away."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson C+ "The ending feels like M. Night Shyamalan gone all wrong adapting Stephen King. Still Will Smith gives a solid performance and Sam is sure to become legend among Hollywood canines."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/4 "Feels like a false start allowed to run the length of the track. There's an effort, but nothing is really accomplished."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik B "As good as the action scenes are, the humanity in [Will] Smith's performance is most responsible for I Am Legend's success."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 6/10 "Will Smith plays Robert Neville robbed of most of his anguish and his advancing madness. Some of the visual images are nice."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "[M]agnificently disturbing.... a masterful rendering of a city stripped of its soul..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/5 "The incredible amount of buildup and excitement of the first half ends up driving us down the road to disappointment."   Film Threat   Michael Ferraro 3.5/4 "Will Smith raises his game and insists that those around him do the same. The result is a movie that's massively entertaining, and another jewel in its star's cinematic crown."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Smith goes deeper here than he ever has on screen to show us the desperation and devastation that are attacking the infratructure of his rational mind like the grass is overtaking the city streets."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 2/4 "Unwise use of CGI is eventually no more debilitating a defect than I Am Legend's wayward third act, which begins with Neville cornily reciting lines from Shrek."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "O impacto dramático de seu desfecho é um tributo não só à narrativa construída com talento pelo diretor, mas também ao carisma do cada vez mais eficiente Will Smith."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 1/5 "Even as an incredibly expensive hunk of eye candy, the film comes up surprisingly short."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "The demands of 21st century Hollywood strain the story. It's big and exciting, but not very smart."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline "A film capable of more, settling for less."   House Next Door   Rob Humanick C "Each successive development in the increasingly ludicrous narrative saps a little more of the goodwill engendered by the early scenes."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "The acting by Smith is excellent as he plays Robert Neville, a scientist who is slowly going crazy as the last uninfected human being in New York City."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 2.5/5 "Before the diseased-yet-oddly superhuman villains start to appear en masse, I Am Legend works surprisingly well. Then they do."   FEARnet   Scott Weinberg 3.5/4 "a solid piece of entertainment"   sbs.is   Stefan Birgir Stefansson "I Am Legend is a blockbuster like no other, one that finds its grandness in modesty. It's a star vehicle with a star who knows his place in the universe."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 7/10 "Solitary and suspenseful, it's the scary of which nightmares are made."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 6/10 "The opening act is too magnificent for the terrible ending to wreck it."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 1/4 "One great big stinking pile of missed opportunity."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 7/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo  (1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1