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TopTenREVIEWS presents the movie reviews of Empire of the Sun (1987)

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Empire of the Sun (1987)

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Empire of the Sun (1987) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Empire of the Sun (1987) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:2.8897
Avg Critic Score:2.9710

Empire of the Sun (1987) Movie Reviews

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Excellent
4
25.00%
(5)
Very Good
3
60.00%
(12)
Good
2
15.00%
(3)
Fair
1
0.00%
(0)
Poor
0
0.00%
(0)

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Empire of the Sun (1987) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null) filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
1941 notwithstanding (and we're all still trying to forget it), Empire of the Sun was Steven Spielberg's first big trip to World War II. ...read the complete Empire of the Sun movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Empire of the Sun (1987) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Day and night, the boy dreams of flying. He knows the names of all the airplanes and can spot them by their silhouettes. ...read the complete Empire of the Sun movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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See all (5) "Excellent" Reviews
Alex Ioshpe
Jim (Christian Bale ) is living a privileged life with his parents in pre-Pearl Harbor Shanghai. When the war begins, Jim and his parents are separated, and Jim survives for weeks on his own, living of the food left in his and his neighbors' abandoned...read the complete Empire of the Sun (1987) review at Alex Ioshpe
See all (12) "Very Good" Reviews
New York Times (Janet Maslin)
There are many glorious moments here....read the complete Empire of the Sun (1987) review at New York Times (Janet Maslin)
See all (3) "Good" Reviews
Empire Magazine (Darren Bignell)
Good-looking but hollow....read the complete Empire of the Sun (1987) review at Empire Magazine (Darren Bignell)
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