Release Date: March 9, 2012
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Andrew Stanton
Screenwriter: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
****
47% Positive
The Consensus:
While John Carter looks terrific and delivers its share of pulpy thrills, it also suffers from uneven pacing and occasionally incomprehensible plotting and characterization..
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
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Review Samplings:
LOVED IT!
Robert Levin, Film School Rejects
"Box Office Be Damned, ‘John Carter’ is a Cinematic Wonder... Visionary and philosophical, with the sort of complex allusions to death, immortality and the destruction of civilizations that you don't expect from a $250 million film."
LIKED IT!
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
"Suffers from a convoluted plot and an anticlimactic resolution, but hits enough high notes along the way to be enjoyable."
DISLIKED IT!
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
"Gets off to such an incoherent start that it takes almost the entire, interminable two-hour-plus running time to catch up."
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