Overview
Genre :
Adventure, FantasyRelease Date :
February 03, 2012MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Josh TrankStarring :
Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Dane DeHaan, Ashley Hinshaw, Michael Kelly, Anna Wood, Rudi Malcolm, Luke Tyler, Armand Aucamp, Joe Vaz
REVIEWS RATE:
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“..unlike typical hero-in-long-underwear-origin tales..”
by Aaron Hillis [Village Voice]
Review rate : C
“..there is no sense of the magical in the goings-on, even though what the boys are doing defies logic and gravity..”
“..there is no sense of the magical in the goings-on, even though what the boys are doing defies logic and gravity..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
Review rate : B
“..there is an embarrassing jizz-related moment.....”
“..there is an embarrassing jizz-related moment.....”
by Dave Golder [SFX Magazine]
Review rate : C+
“..the superhero stuff is all fine and good enough, but it's this vision of a lonely boy with his swooping, dipping, flying Tinker Bell of a camera that truly lifts the movie..”
“..the superhero stuff is all fine and good enough, but it's this vision of a lonely boy with his swooping, dipping, flying Tinker Bell of a camera that truly lifts the movie..”
by Manohla Dargis [New York Times]
Review rate : C+
“..pleasantly ambiguous, even philosophical, in its closing moments..”
“..pleasantly ambiguous, even philosophical, in its closing moments..”
by Shaun Munro [What Culture]
“..perhaps the most intriguing thing about Chronicle is that it makes us reconsider the terms superhero and supervillain entirely..”
by MaryAnn Johanson [Flick Filosopher]
Review rate : B
“..indulges in some wild, witty spectacle, but he's equally adept with the tale's grimmer elements..”
“..indulges in some wild, witty spectacle, but he's equally adept with the tale's grimmer elements..”
by Keith Uhlich [Time Out New York]
Review rate : A
“..humour and the human touch of characterisation cut through origin-tale cliche to start..”
“..humour and the human touch of characterisation cut through origin-tale cliche to start..”
by Kevin Harley [Total Film]
“..as a tale of powerful yet uncontrollable transformation, the film provides a modern update on the monster-movie formula..”
by Peter Debruge [Variety]
“..already a pretty smart and savvy storyline..”
by Staci Layne Wilson [Horror.com]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times]
Reviewed by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times]
Review rate : C+
Reviewed by John Anderson [Newsday]
Reviewed by John Anderson [Newsday]
Review rate : C+
Reviewed by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
Reviewed by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
Review rate : D+
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
