Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol Reviews

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• the result is hugely enjoyable

  by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal ]

• the IMF’s plots and schemes are in this part of the movie

  by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com ]

• the film is immaculate, with incredible photographic clarity

  by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter ]

• nearly every scene offers some new surprise

  by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News ]

• more clever but increasingly repetitive action sequences that entertain, but drain the film of any credible sense of jeopardy

  by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]

• more and more resembles the ESPN "Play of the Week" countdown

  by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice ]

• it was convoluted

  by Lou Lumenick [New York Post ]

• intricate gadgetry and dizzying chases without sacrificing compelling characters

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• if you widen your eyes and turn off your brain, it all adds up to cracking good fu

  by Amy Biancolli [San Francisco Chronicle ]

• high anxiety with a vengeance

  by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times ]

• exists purely to dazzle and thrill

  by Ian Buckwalter [NPR ]

• character-building dialogue feel especially leaden in comparison with the pic's consummate wit

  by Justin Chang [Variety ]

• by shoving the camera too close to the bodies in the frame, so that the momentum and spatial relationships become awfully hard to parse

  by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]

• big, it's loud and so relentless in its action that it reminds me of an old joke

  by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]

• an amazing sequence - suspenseful, cinematic, outlandish, hard to top

  by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]
• Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [New York Times ]

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