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By Steve Persall (1,105) for Tampa Bay Times (1,287) on 02 Feb 2012

Chronicle is so clever about the absurd, and so much fun to watch, that I'm almost disappointed the ending doesn't leave room for a sequel…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 02 Feb 2012

The simultaneously diverting and annoying Chronicle, directed by Josh Trask, is something like the 184th Found-Footage Faux-Doc horror movie…

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By Vadim Rizov (155) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 02 Feb 2012

A messy if initially intriguing take on sci-fi-underpinned high school angst for the vlogging age, Chronicle eventually grows repetitive and stale…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Screen International (2,241) on 02 Feb 2012

Chronicle exudes a certain unfussy technical polish, but only scratches the surface of its junior-level Magneto narrative and ultimately fritters…

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By Cath Clarke (570) for Time Out (7,510) on 02 Feb 2012

A strong calling card for the talents of Trank and Landis…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 02 Feb 2012

Breezily entertaining ... captures kids pretending to be knowledgeable and adult before realizing they're neither yet…

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By Lisa Giles-Keddie (242) for Real.com (194) on 02 Feb 2012

Chronicle such a dynamic and genuinely exciting piece of first-time feature film-making, giving birth to an equally exciting rising star in DeHaan…

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By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 02 Feb 2012

DeHaan's central performance and Trank's sly, subversive story-telling deserve to connect with audiences who are hungry for scary thrills served…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 02 Feb 2012

This is an auspicious beginning for a couple of exciting, young filmmaking voices…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 02 Feb 2012

Chronicle becomes what Hancock wanted to be - a dark superhero story with firm footing in the everyday…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 02 Feb 2012

Unlike other mock documentaries, which unconvincingly pass themselves off as real, Chronicle cleverly embraces the format as shorthand for…

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By Mayer Nissim (25) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 01 Feb 2012

The naturalistic performances from the three leads make the fantastic seem possible for a middle portion which could otherwise have spun out…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 01 Feb 2012

The movie takes 80 minutes to explore what would take up a handful of pages in a superhero comic book, making the fantastic into something…

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By Katey Rich (412) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 01 Feb 2012

A whole lot better than many of the more traditional superhero movies we've seen…

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By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 01 Feb 2012

There's plenty to like about Chronicle, but this seems to be a case where the medium obscures the message (or better yet, annoys us to the…

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By Matthew Pejkovic (770) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 01 Feb 2012

Taking an innovative approach to the found-footage sub-genre, Chronicle presents a dark tale about the consequences of powers received yet…

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By Adam Woodward (285) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 01 Feb 2012

However volatile things get in the film's last act, Trunk shows enough restraint to ensure the action is gripping without ever becoming overblown…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for MSN Movies (470) on 01 Feb 2012

even as its ostensible innovations flag, Chronicle remains watchable, and it doesn't hurt that the picture is a pretty tidy 85 minutes or so…

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By Elliott Noble (448) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 01 Feb 2012

Give these guys more power and more responsibility…

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By Andrew Schenker (354) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 01 Feb 2012

Offers up little more than a tired morality play about the dangers of power, rehashing stale insights about the narcissism of the documentary impulse…

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