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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 05 Aug 2013

Neill Blomkamp's follow up to the extraordinary District 9 has a bigger budget, bigger stars and lots more references to classic hits, but…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 05 Aug 2013

For a 99 percenter movie, then, Elysium is kind of a head-scratcher. It throws away its best opportunity for drama…

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By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 05 Aug 2013

Neill Blomkamp's choice to indulge in his bigger budget by throwing in every advanced technology he could conjure up dilutes the more thoughtful,…

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By Matthew Kassel (27) for Observer (1,042) on 05 Aug 2013

While the movie may not, in the end, be so effective in tapping into our current class anxieties, that hardly seems to matter…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 04 Aug 2013

If Elysium is the brainiest Hollywood movie of the summer, it's also the most conflicted one…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 04 Aug 2013

Elicits the same kind of brutal, mature thrills we used to find in sci-fi classics like Aliens and RoboCop…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Village Voice (8,525) on 04 Aug 2013

Damon is as buff as ever, maybe even more so... But watching him lumber through Elysium's bramble of lofty ideals is no damn fun…

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By Mark Ellis (362) for Schmoes Know (710) on 04 Aug 2013

If I was the Mayor of Hollywood for a day (or the president of Elysium), I'd give Blompkamp the Star Wars universe and say take your pick,…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 04 Aug 2013

Where Neill Blomkamp's District 9 was surprisingly sleek and refined given its low budget and rookie creator, the follow-up proves that more…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for New Yorker (1,403) on 04 Aug 2013

At last, a good big film…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 04 Aug 2013

Dark, thrilling and heartfelt. Just as uncompromising and imaginative as DISTRICT 9…

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By Kristian Harloff (339) for Schmoes Know (710) on 04 Aug 2013

For all the visual flair and incredible talents of it's director, Elysium just wouldn't allow me to get past the message it continues to preach…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 03 Aug 2013

Elysium is a trip worth taking, no doubt about it…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 03 Aug 2013

A mesmerizing sci-fi thriller set in a dystopian world where the rich reside on a paradisiacal orbital space station and the teeming masses…

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By Chris Tilly (98) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 02 Aug 2013

Neill Blomkamp's sophmore effort proves that District 9 was no fluke, with Elysium the kind of exciting and intelligent entertainment that's…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 02 Aug 2013

Energetic, if sociologically simplistic - another violent, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi spectacle…

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By Chris Cabin (484) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 01 Aug 2013

A cheekily gruesome and genuinely urgent entertainment, Blomkamp's latest nevertheless can't help but beg the question: Where's Snake Plissken…

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By William Goss (413) for Film.com (1,892) on 01 Aug 2013

Frankly, Elysium is a bit of a liberal’s wet dream: the good guys want accessible healthcare, while the bad guys want to do away with undocumented…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for ScreenCrush (954) on 01 Aug 2013

Ultimately, the real star is the look of the film…

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By Scott Foundas (913) for Variety (12,700) on 31 Jul 2013

Even working within a more conventional framework, Blomkamp again proves to be a superb storyteller…

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