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(1 - 47) of 47 OFCS Rating: 43% Rotten Page   1   2.5/5 "Angels and Demons is a lot like Limbo, a place that exists between cinematic heaven and hell where the audience is suspended for two and a half hours."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke "Some parts of this movie come across as totally unbelievable, but it contains enough excitement and stunning cinematography to make it worth seeing."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 2.5/5 "Angels and Demons is talky. Talky, Talky, Talky, Talky. You'd swear it was an entire pack of PhDs' dissertations spread out over two plus hours of endless yakking"   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B "Demons rolls up to bat three years after Code stormed the box office, and while Howard's promise of a snappier pace is kept, it's hard to sense much of a seismic difference between the two films. But that's fine by me."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf B+ "For all of the Catholic Church hullabaloo over Dan Brown's novels, Ron Howard's "Da Vinci Code" sequel is an exuberant cinematic adaptation that combines elements of horror, religious tradition, and high-tech suspense to give audiences a non-stop thrill r"   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 2.5/4 "It's easy to think of Ron Howard's new effort Angels & Demons as more of an apology than a movie."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2/5 "For a movie based entirely around a beat-the-clock goal, there's no real momentum here."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 2.5/4 "...a minor improvement over its underwhelming predecessor..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "A lurid conspiracy murder tale that's decent for the first hour and then moves into the realm of the ridiculous."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "Languid, over-bloated, preachy and too reliant on coincidence. Sometimes comes off as a pushy lecture produced and directed by Kirk Cameron."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 2/5 "Un entretenimiento pasajero e inofensivo, que no admite el menor análisis respecto a una trama algo compleja, inverosímil, y que no da respiro."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C+ "I get that saving the world from disaster is important business. But is it too much to ask for it to be fun for the audience?"   Cinematical   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Angels & Demons only exemplifies the problems with both movies and, thanks in part to a headsmacker of a third act, winds up being worse than its predecessor."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress D+ "May be a marginal improvement on its predecessor and source material, but at a brain-stabbing 140 minutes, it still reaches levels of tedium that are hard to conceptualize."   AMCtv.com   Eugene Novikov "Glum adaptation"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce C "As far as preposterous pulp is concerned, Angels & Demons is livelier than The Da Vinci Code. But it's still just preposterous pulp."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A thinking person's thriller with fascinating twists and turns, a tour of Rome's art and cathedrals, insights into Vatican history and politics, and questions about the relationship of religion and science."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 1.5/4 "This movie takes preposterousness to new levels; there are times when the proceedings become so ludicrous that one is tempted to laugh aloud at the sheer audacity of the plotting."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/4 "one wonders how much more engrossing its nick-of-time shenanigans would have been had we cared for the central character ... or even found him remotely interesting"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/5 "A slick, speedy thriller that cuts between mystery and murder at an agreeable enough tempo to make two hours go by."   MSN Movies   James Rocchi 2.5/4 "A one-dimensional affair loaded with commonplace distractions that never catch fire."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "Comes across as a less contemplative, more motion-driven version of its predecessor, The Da Vinci Code."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 1.5/4 "The team behind "The Da Vinci Code" returns to the ecclesiastic trough with this Vatican-based hooey that plays more like a Roman travelogue."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito "Why are quality pros like Howard and Hanks involved in this enterprise? Do they need the money? Angels and Demons is sure to make plenty. But their artistic souls will do hard time in purgatory for it."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 3/5 "kratoyn to pneyma toy Brown toso stin agriada tis bias, oso stin ypoboithisi toy theati (o iroas eksigei, i iroida epanalambanei, o iroas tin epainei) kai sto aploma tis plokis pano se skeleto enallaktikoy toyristikoy odigoy"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3.5/5 "It's enjoyable, toothless, and a disposable smartypants hero movie. These are rare enough that they deserve attention."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/6 "How dark the con of Ron that he can so vividly simulate thought in what is truly an intellect-free enterprise."   Time Out New York   Keith Uhlich 2.5/4.0 "Much better than the Da Vinci Code, but this isn't exactly the definitive work on science vs. faith, either."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/5 "This is what Transformers might have looked like without the giant robots, if Megan Fox had an IQ above 85 and if the Decepticons were electing a new Pope."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "[A] ridiculously entertaining night at the movies.... [I]t's as completely ludicrous as the book it's based on, of course, but it moves so fast and with such confidence that you barely have time to notice."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "As far as I'm concerned, Angels & Demons is the first bona fide dud of the 2009 summer movie season. A typical walk up the aisle to receive communion is more exciting than this movie."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "Once again the heavy exposition translates unevenly to the screen as the actors chew through paragraphs of detailed information while careening through the streets of Rome."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1/4 "If the story isn't nearly as ridiculous as Da Vinci's, director Ron Howard still impeccably maintains the series's turgid mediocrity."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "De uma maneira absolutamente descartável, as obras de Dan Brown prendem a atenção e divertem. E é exatamente neste nível que opera Anjos & Demônios, novo filme de Ron Howard."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 1/5 "You most likely won't go to Hell for watching this film, though you will no doubt feel as if you are in Hell while watching it."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "Thankfully the filmmakers get the tone right this time, with a lively romp that's not afraid to get a bit silly."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "...it's fun to watch Tom Hanks hoof it all over Vatican City for two hours, trying to save some cardinal from being licked to death by Illuminati puppies, or whatever..."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C "I don't dislike Angels & Demons; I just have no respect for it intellectually."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "Dan Brown may not know much about history, religion or science, but the guy can spin quite a yarn."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "... a safe little piece of conspiracy thriller hokum under a façade of church politics and Papal secrets."   Seanax.com   Sean Axmaker 3/5 "never comes close to duplicating the urgent pacing of Brown's crackling source material"   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell D "Langdon may wind up saving the Church, but does Angels & Demons offer any hint of a church worth saving? If not, why should we care?"   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 8/10 "Admittedly implausible and a bit confusing, it is, nevertheless, enthralling - with enough unexpected twists to keep you on the edge-of-your-seat."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 5/10 "Let no man be so crude as to accuse it of its predecessor's insipidity. Let us be forgiving, and say that it is merely weak. It is the vanilla soft-serve of summer adventure movies."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 1.5/4 "A mess of a thriller without a single audience-engaging puzzle in sight."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell 2.5/4 "Like 'Code,' 'Angels' is filled with such far-fetched story lines that you'll be instantly drawn in or dismiss this as another convoluted film from Ron Howard."   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 47) of 47 OFCS Rating: 43% Rotten Page   1