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(1 - 16) of 16 OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh Page   1   4.5/5 "This unsettlingly quirky account of semiological breakdown and small-town apocalypse plays like My Winnipeg for fans of intellectual horror. Pontypool is as astonishing as it is original, and amply repays multiple viewings."   Channel 4 Film   Anton Bitel "throws up so many Freudian slips, mixed metaphors and free-associative leaps that in the end the main characters' (and our own) grip on reality comes unstuck, and the unfolding apocalypse takes on a positively Saussurean aspect."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel 4/5 "Pontypool is a sinister symphony told in three distinct and very diverse macabre movements."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron C- "Hemmed in by theatrically bound staging, "Pontypool" is an overly inflated zombie flick that makes overtures to a weighty theme of social consciousness that the screenwriters are ill-prepared to fulfill."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "In Bruce McDonald's suitably weird zombie movie, the coin of the shock jock's own realm -- language -- is the source of all the trouble."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/4 "...ultimately undone by its increasingly outlandish premise..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair "'Pontypool' succeeds where many a less intelligent, purely visceral-visual movie leaves us cold."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit B+ "The filmmakers' target is Talk Radio, obviously of the kind that would (after the film was released) put together Tea Parties..."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart C+ "...poses some interesting ethical issues on the responsibility of the media, but like many a Stephen King novel ("Insomnia" comes to mind), solid characters and a great build are undone by a silly underlying premise."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "A a genre-busting maverick of a movie, guarenteed to infuriate and astonish in equal numbers ... if you like your shocks laced with brain-teasing creepiness, Pontypool is the way to go."   Horror Hacker   Maitland McDonagh "Gore fans hoping for buckets of blood will be disappointed; thoughtful horror fans who appreciate that a truly scary movie is mostly in your head will love it."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/4 "Pontypool at least manages to amuse (a spur-of-the-moment on-air obituary is priceless) as well as consistently intrigue, right up to a bizarro post-credits epilogue that seems beamed in from Sin City."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "This is one of those little films that proves that you don't need a blockbuster budget to make a high-concept movie. McDonald and Burgess create a mass-chaos apocalyptic thriller with essentially just three characters in a windowless room."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "An entertaining cerebral chiller."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 6/10 "Blending elements of 'Talk Radio' with '28 Days,' it's not your usual zombie picture."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr.  (1 - 16) of 16 OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh Page   1