JamesG
08-05-2011, 04:14 PM
Movie Reviews: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
No critic has bestowed a four-star review on Rise of the Planet of the Apes. But they have been giving it a lot of three-star ones.
In fact, there’s not a negative review among the major newspaper critics.
The only other recent film that has gathered mostly all positive reviews was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Manohla Dargis in the New York Times sums up that the movie:
“is precisely the kind of summer diversion that the studios have such a hard time making now. It’s good, canny-dumb fun.”
Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times found it:
“smart, fun and thoroughly enjoyable.”
Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune writes it:
“really does stand alone as a satisfying prequel requiring little or knowledge or nostalgia for the five Planet of the Apes pictures that came before it.”
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times is certainly not wowed by the film, but he does allow:
“This is the movie you may have been expecting. No less, no more.”
Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street finds fault with a jumpy plot.
“Judged, though, as the action extravaganza it means to be, Rise of the Planet of the Apes wins high marks for originality, and takes top honors for spectacle.”
-IMDB News
No critic has bestowed a four-star review on Rise of the Planet of the Apes. But they have been giving it a lot of three-star ones.
In fact, there’s not a negative review among the major newspaper critics.
The only other recent film that has gathered mostly all positive reviews was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Manohla Dargis in the New York Times sums up that the movie:
“is precisely the kind of summer diversion that the studios have such a hard time making now. It’s good, canny-dumb fun.”
Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times found it:
“smart, fun and thoroughly enjoyable.”
Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune writes it:
“really does stand alone as a satisfying prequel requiring little or knowledge or nostalgia for the five Planet of the Apes pictures that came before it.”
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times is certainly not wowed by the film, but he does allow:
“This is the movie you may have been expecting. No less, no more.”
Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street finds fault with a jumpy plot.
“Judged, though, as the action extravaganza it means to be, Rise of the Planet of the Apes wins high marks for originality, and takes top honors for spectacle.”
-IMDB News