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Planet of the Apes (2001) Rank 2 Reviews
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eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)
cinEncanto (José Martín Sulaimán)
eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Mark Wahlberg is no Chuck Heston, and Lady Liberty doesn't make an appearance. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Citysearch (Dan Fazio)
The new surprise ending? It delivers, in a mode that's half Burton, half Twilight Zone . ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Citysearch (Dan Fazio)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Less social satire than the 1968 original, but more irony. The apes are more fun than the people. However, it boils down to being another action picture for kids of all ages. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Empire Magazine (--)
New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
The movie can be both a gas and distant, a toy sealed in its unbreakable box. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
This is Lancashire (--)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
Tim Burton's "reinvention" of '68 sci-fi classic boasts awesome makeup and design -- and awful writing. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Black Flix (Laurence Washington)
filmdeculte.com (Marlène Weil)
Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Good, but, sadly, not good enough. Well-acted, beautifully shot and splendidly costumed, it's superior to the original in its looks, but not as potent or meaningful in its story line. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Are there surprises? A couple of big money ones, notably the ludicrous would-be jaw-dropper of a finale. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Paola Cavallini)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Moviola (Jorge G. Avila Andrade)
The Digital Bits
When I heard that 20th Century Fox was doing a remake of Planet of the Apes⦠well, what else could you do but groan loudly and shake your head? I mean, how dare they remake one of the most-loved classics of Sci-Fi? Then I heard that director Tim Burton ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at The Digital Bits
filmtext.com
Auf das Remake vom Planet der Affen hat sich sicher niemand wegen der perfektionierten Affenkostüme gefreut, sondern weil keiner es besser versteht als Tim Burton, mit groÃem Budget groteske, aber auch wunderschöne B-Movies zu drehen. Irgendwer hat ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at filmtext.com
DVD Verdict
Screeching monkey hordes could not keep me from acquitting this film and its DVD presentation. Not guilty!
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Boxoffice Magazine
MovieMaze (Thomas Brendel)
Boxoffice Magazine
Xi-online (René Glas)
Cinema 2000 (João Lopes; Vasco Câmara)
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Planet of the Apes is never quite boring -- the movie is constantly giving you something new to look at -- but it's still a disappointingly dull and underplotted ride. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Perhaps most disappointing is the lack of psychological subtleties... ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
The technical wizardry redeems a largely uninspired script that resorts to a forced, nonsensical twist to fuel post-movie discussion. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
While the humor is perhaps roll-your-eyes funny, it's questionable as to whether it meshes with the other elements of the film. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
The picture just feels listless at the centre. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
The kind of two-finger salute you expect from the creators of Tomb Raider, not Broyles Jr. and Burton. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Its dialogue, action, and effects are as mired in formulas, clichés, and stereotypes as the simian world our hero finds himself imprisoned on. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Sometimes, it doesn't help to write a review a few minutes after seeing a movie. Completely forgettable. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
The movie creates little excitement, builds virtually no suspense, and altogether shuns any semblance of characterization. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Burton and his screenwriters are not clear about whether they want to send up the original, itself a campy cautionary tale, or whether they want to rethink it. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) (Audrey Rock-Richardson)
The only message the new Apes seemed to convey was that it ran out of things to say before it even started. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) (Audrey Rock-Richardson)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
You damn dirty apes! You remade it! Didn't you?!? ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
Shannon Patrick Sullivan
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Dan McGowan)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)
LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)
Overly familiar industrial product, a big-budgeted entertainment defined by its putatively big concept (apes rule), an underwritten script and a few flashes of Burton's visual genius and gently askew worldview. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
With the exception of a battle scene with apes on all fours charging the humans, the film is monumentally silly. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
This film is pure, empty (if gorgeous) spectacle, and the decision to loose the tongues of the ape planet's humans (they were mute in the original) undermines the contrast that lies at the heart of the story's power. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
It doesn't take a brain, or even opposable thumbs, to make a summer movie. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Call it a letdown, worsened by the forces of shoddy screenwriting. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
only serves as evidence there are some bits of Seventies nostalgia that belong in the same closet with Whip Inflation Now buttons and the Swine Flu vaccine. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
Feo Amante (Kelly Parks)
This is nowhere near the intellectual sci-fi masterpiece of the original. Its a big budget check-your-brain-at-the door B movie. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Feo Amante (Kelly Parks)
The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
When Mr. Burton's "Planet" fixes on being entertaining...it succeeds. But the picture states its social points so bluntly that it becomes slow-witted and condescending; it treats the audience as pets. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
The longer I take to review this movie, the more the absurdities loom. So let me finish before I think about the story's stupidly plotted structure or recall how tiring it was to watch apes perpetually pushing humans to the ground or sending them ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
New York Magazine (John Simon)
Devoured by its own mechanical ostentation, generates no emotional involvement, and has a smart-ass, infinitely less powerful ending than the original. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at New York Magazine (John Simon)
Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Largely listless and witless, this extensive reworking of the 1968 sci-fi favorite simply isn't very exciting or imaginative; most surprisingly, given the material, it's also Burton's most conventional and literal-minded film, the one most lacking in his ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Outside of a hyper-energetic, irresistibly evil portrayal by Tim Roth as General Thade, the baddest ape in town, the sad truth about Planet of the Apes is that, disappointingly, it's just not very much fun to watch. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Slate (David Edelstein)
Planet of the Apes has been designed and photographed (by Phillipe Rousselot) with real artistry, but in all the ways that matter it's hack work. ...read the complete Planet of the Apes movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
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