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Snakes on a Plane (2006) Rank 2 Reviews
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
It's all mano e snako , and lots of silly fun. At least Snakes on a Plane doesn't try to be anything but what it is. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Xi-online (Mitsuko Teiwes)
Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)
only gluttons for the tacky sub-genre of B-movie creature features will likely appreciate (or even see) this barge of filmic cheese, but for them, this is almost an all-you-can-eat buffet. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)
New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
All anyone really needs to know about this amusingly crude, honestly satisfying artifact is snakes + plane + Samuel L. Jackson. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
3BlackChicks Review (Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel)
As I said, SOAP makes no apologies and that is the beauty of it. It's rare that a movie is presented as "It is what it is". ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at 3BlackChicks Review (Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel)
MTV (Kurt Loder)
In the end, "Snakes on a Plane" isn't so much a movie --- and a good one, in parts --- as it is the concluding installment of a long-building new-media phenomenon. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
The actual movie has moments of inspired tackiness but not nearly enough to merit its one hour and 45-minute running time. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Sick as it is, it captures more of the joy of movie-going than virtually any other summer movie this year. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Empire Magazine (Kim Newman)
All very well, but it is by no means the giddy delight that the fans hoped for. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Empire Magazine (Kim Newman)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
I kept imagining the Zucker brothers doing this. Could there be a sillier premise for a movie than snakes on crack? ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (John Wirt)
Snakes plus a plane plus a year of Internet hype do not a blockbuster make. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (John Wirt)
Variety (Justin Chang)
Snakes on a Plane is exactly the sort of tasteless, utterly depraved, no-nonsense sluts-and-guts extravaganza it was meant to be. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Variety (Justin Chang)
Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
1. It has the potential to supplant "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" as the greatest audience participation movie of all time. 2. It is, simultaneously, one of the worst and best movies I’ve ever seen. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
Empire (Kim Newman)
It’s the sort of picture you'll either queue all night in the rain to see twelve times or avoid like a Wayans Brothers Retrospective for the rest of life. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Empire (Kim Newman)
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
While Snakes on a Plane barely stands up as a movie, it definitely qualifies as an event. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
More potent than anything in Snakes on a Plane is the fantasy offscreen: that if enough people talk up their desire to see this film and, at the same time, take an overt delight in what an unabashed piece of junk it is, they will fuse with the hype, with ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Filmspiegel (Rudolf Inderst)
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Philadelphia Inquirer (David Hiltbrand)
At the end, the crowd applauded to signify their ironic appreciation for the imperishable pleasures of trash culture. Unfortunately, with Snakes on a Plane , there isn't much of a joke to be in on. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (David Hiltbrand)
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
It's too bad to work as thriller, but not nearly bad enough to earn a place in movie infamy. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The whole enterprise has the sweaty sheen that comes from trying too hard to be cool. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Neither as good nor as bad as you'd hoped it would be: It's just a mediocre exploitation picture with an inspired premise (succinctly spelled out by its title), loads of gratuitous gore, a dash of equally gratuitous nudity and enough inanities to make ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Philadelphia Inquirer (David Hiltbrand)
This hotly anticipated film delivers on the premise of its celebrated title. But it offers little more in terms of suspense, originality or enjoyment. Mostly, it lays there on the screen like a big lazy boa. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (David Hiltbrand)
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
Sam Arkoff must be screaming 'I told you so' from a mountaintop, with flutes and trombones and garlands of fresh herbs -- because it took Hollywood 35 years to discover what he knew all along. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
Chicago Sun-Times (Richard Roeper)
Without that title and a year's worth of Internet-fueled buzz, this would be just another forgettable, mildly entertaining, mid-August throwaway movie. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Richard Roeper)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Should convince studios that banking on computer-weaned kids to actually leave their keyboards to venture out of the house and pay for a movie was, is and will remain a bad idea. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
After a while we're stuck with a one-joke concept that got old months before the movie came out and gets older still as the movie wears on. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
If you weren't among the diehard fans who went to see "Snakes on a Plane" at one of the late-night sneak peek screenings Thursday night, you missed the best reason to see this movie. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
The New Yorker (David Denby)
The audience decided to sell Snakes to itself, and that became the event--the actual movie could never have been more than another exploitation picture. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at The New Yorker (David Denby)
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Not much for the thinking viewer -- which Snakes on a Plane tries its best to render obsolete -- to latch onto. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Slant Magazine
Even before its eagerly awaited release, Snakes on a Plane has already completed the most important portion of its bizarrely unique life cycle. From screenwriter Josh Friedman's random blog entry concerning the gestating project, to the raging Internet ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Slant Magazine
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Nothing at all special. It's one more cheesy, broadly played, poorly paced, instantly forgettable August action movie. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Snakes on a Plane represents a fairly craven mixture of deliberate cheese and inadvertent lameness, plus fangs. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
The result is not quite a horror movie (too cheerful and can-do) or a thriller (too cheerful and stupid), nor does it parody itself or take itself seriously, thereby canceling out the camp factor. It's more like an improv sketch at 30,000 feet. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Even if the viral marketing campaign for the film did not extend to the studio's planting a handful of people in the audience screaming and laughing on cue at the late-night premiere earlier this week - to create the illusion, like a laugh track, that ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
The plot is ridiculous and the characters are cardboard, but none of that really matters once the snakes get into the cabin and start zapping people, the very definition of entertainment. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
The movie's highest level of artistic expression was the ingenious Internet campaign that catapulted it to culture phenom months before it even opened. The thing itself turns out to be pretty much an afterthought, cheesy and not very well worked out. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
It’s merely average. Director David R. Ellis and three credited writers have thought up a pretty cool situation but fail to do much more than deliver the requisite shock effects. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The whole enterprise has the sweaty sheen that comes from trying too hard to be cool. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
You see -- this is a ridiculous movie. But one that is there for one single reason -- to entertain you at all costs. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
click to read full review [Greek] ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
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Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
The movie isn't just mediocre -- it's profoundly mediocre. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
FulvueDrive-in.com (Chuck O'Leary)
Cheesy B movies tend to be more fun when they aren't so keenly aware of their cheesy B-movie status. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at FulvueDrive-in.com (Chuck O'Leary)
Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
When 'fans' respond to an unabashedly silly title like Snakes on a Plane and start riffing on it, how seriously do they mean for their suggestions to be taken? ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Neither as good nor as bad as you'd hoped it would be: It's just a mediocre exploitation picture with an inspired premise (succinctly spelled out by its title), loads of gratuitous gore, a dash of equally gratuitous nudity and enough inanities to make ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
It's not so bad that it's good. It's so bland that it's boring. Not even worth a hissss. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
[We] have SoaP to remind us of what a B movie can be when it's produced with utter contempt for its target audience. ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Snakes on a Plane" arrives KIA by CGI. The predictable script? I could tolerate it. Stereotypical characters and actors right out of Central Casting? I could sleep through it. But from the first animated snake-bite sequences, when the demonic-looking ...read the complete Snakes on a Plane movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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