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Movie critics combined give U2 3D (2008) a score of 3.2533 out of 4
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U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
The music recording business may be in the toilet, but the concert business has never been better. This reality has created a corresponding boom in concert films, which are lucrative in themselves but also serve as a ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
While the subject of countless concert videos and films over their 30-year history, U2’s most iconic performances can be boiled down to three endeavors. 1983’s “Under a Blood Red Sky” showcased U2’s hunger, their youthful idealism, and a raw sou ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Beliefnet (Nell Minow)Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
"U2 in 3D" doesn't just give you the feeling of being at a rock concert. It gives you the feeling of being a rock star. Super-big, super-close, super-clear, and super-charged, it broke the record for the most 3-D cameras used for a single movie and ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)
A concert film featuring one of the world's premier rock bands in top form, shot using cutting-edge technology that gives the audience a better-than-front-row seat. What's not to ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Edna Gundersen)USA Today (Edna Gundersen)
U2 3D has the power to transport and excite even those fans who never open their eyes. ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at USA Today (Edna Gundersen)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Journal International (Doris Toumarkine)Film Journal International (Doris Toumarkine)
There are no swords, spears or monster appendages coming at us in this first live-action 3D digital production—just an occasional microphone, mic stand or outstretched guitar arm to tease. As befits its world-renowned group, U2 3D, with jaw-dropping ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at Film Journal International (Doris Toumarkine)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Variety (Justin Chang)Variety (Justin Chang)
Breathtaking when performance, technology and cinematography click at the same moment, "U2 3D" is a concert film that should draw well from the band's fan base and tech fanatics. It has its overwhelming moments, especially in the early going, as the ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at Variety (Justin Chang)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 3.90 out of 4 stars for Contra Costa Times (Jim Harrington)Contra Costa Times (Jim Harrington)
Like it's done so many times before, U2 has upped the ante in terms of the concert experience -- this time on the big screen. ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at Contra Costa Times (Jim Harrington)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for UGO (Jurgen Fauth)UGO (Jurgen Fauth)
When it comes to goofy two-colored glasses, IMAX is the new drive-in. After years of being relegated to the ViewMaster, the 50s fad is back. The preferred venue for the all-new batch of 3-D ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at UGO (Jurgen Fauth)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.comEmanuelLevy.com
Taking the concert film format to an extreme, "U2 3D" establishes a visceral, occasionally surreal bond unprecedented in movie. Directors Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington's docu, which premiered in the 2007 Cannes Film Fest (out of competition), is an ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at EmanuelLevy.com
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Ted Fry)Seattle Times (Ted Fry)
A remarkable experience in the latest 3D technology that captures the excitement of the band U2 in scales that are at once huge and intimate. It's an incredible performance captured in a medium that ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at Seattle Times (Ted Fry)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (Christopher Campbell)Cinematical (Christopher Campbell)
When The Jazz Singer arrived in theaters in 1927, it was far from perfect. In fact, despite heralding the arrival of sound pictures, its audio was quite poor in quality, and it would take many years before the sound in sound films would be accepted as ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at Cinematical (Christopher Campbell)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Matt Zoller Seitz)New York Times (Matt Zoller Seitz)
When the band performs its hit “One,” the lyrics take on new meaning. ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at New York Times (Matt Zoller Seitz)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Kyle Smith)New York Post (Kyle Smith)
THERE'S confident, there's cocky, and then there's Bono. ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
The transparent state-of-the-art 3-D look of a colorful U2 concert at a coliseum in Buenos Aries, Argentina is extraordinary, and easily makes up for the band’s ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
U2 3D (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Adam Graham)Detroit News (Adam Graham)
Rarely in the history of film has a title been as straightforward or succinct as "U2 3D." Everything you need to know about it is right there in those four characters -- short, simple and sweet. It makes "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" seem downright ...read the complete U2 3D movie review at Detroit News (Adam Graham)

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U2 3D (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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U2 3D (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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