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Genre :

Fantasy, Adventure

Release Date :

January 23, 2009

MPAA Rating :

Director :

Iain Softley

Starring :

Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Sienna Guillory, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis, Rafi Gavron, Jamie Foreman

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..undeniably engaging..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

“..Top-heavy with acting talent, sumptuously photographed and unusually literate..”

by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]

“..the detail and the finer points of the book have been lost in the transition to the big screen..”

by David Mercier [FilmJudge]

“..Magical, if messy..”

by Kim Newman [Empire Magazine]

“..Insufficiently vivid or imaginative..”

by Christopher Tookey [Daily Mail]

“..Enjoyable..”

by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]

“..brisk, overstuffed..”

by Justin Chang [Variety]

Reviewed by James Christopher [The Times]

Review rate : B
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post Intelligencer]

Reviewed by David Edwards [Daily Mirror]

Reviewed by David Gritten [Daily Telegraph]

Reviewed by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian]

Reviewed by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]

Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]

Reviewed by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]

Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]

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