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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

Even in the world of the digitally perfect, a black man seems doomed to be a disposable sidekick, and the heroine must represent every feminist…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 03 Jul 2004

An offshoot of a popular computer game, is really all about inducing visual awe. And for the first few minutes, it does…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 25 Apr 2003

For all the grace of the animation and visual splendor, the stilted script and emotionless performances give this digital artifact a distinctly…

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By Harry Guerin (318) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 04 Mar 2003

The plot itself is convoluted sci-fi fare, taking in elements of botany, biology and philosophy, but it makes more sense than Pearl Harbor…

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By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

A delight, rising well above the standard animated action formula…

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By Cody Clark (69) for Mr. Showbiz (475) on 12 Nov 2002

As computer game-derived features go, it sure beats Lara Croft: Tomb Raider…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 30 Oct 2002

Visually stunning computer-animated sci-fi flick that unfortunately betrays its video-game origins with poor characterisation, an appalling…

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By Jean Lowerison (512) for San Diego Metropolitan (486) on 20 Oct 2002

The cityscapes, action sequences and phantoms and the sheer scale of the film are jaw-dropping…

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By Margaret A. Mcgurk (290) for Cincinnati Enquirer (290) on 14 Oct 2002

Just when you think you've seen every computer trick and gimmick that can possibly stick to a screen, along comes a new advance that puts the…

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By Luis Martinez (274) for Cinenganos (252) on 02 Jun 2002

Lo que no cambia, se extingue. El cine no es la excepción; Final Fantasy puede no ser el primer paso, pero sí el más dramático…

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By Steven D. Greydanus (674) for Decent Films Guide (519) on 08 May 2002

The heroes, though eye-poppingly rendered, remain emotionally as one-dimensional as any computer-game avatar…

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By Collin Souter (180) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 18 Apr 2002

With all the effort put in by the animators, this should have been a classic…

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By Peg Aloi (89) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 24 Mar 2002

You thought reality TV was bad? How about movies based on video games…

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By Jeremy Heilman (393) for MovieMartyr.com (391) on 05 Mar 2002

So gorgeous, so able to transport the viewer, that normal sticking points like clichéd plot and hackneyed dialogue don't much matter…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 26 Feb 2002

Made by intelligent people for intelligent people…

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By Ted Murphy (205) for Baseline.Hollywood.com (50) on 21 Dec 2001

Where Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within falters is not in the stunning visuals, but in its pedestrian script…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Flipside Movie Emporium (617) on 23 Oct 2001

The animators put in a lot of hard work here, and they should be very proud of themselves…

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By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 09 Oct 2001

If human beings were made up entirely of eyeballs, this would be an instant classic…

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By Marty Mapes (591) for Movie Habit (892) on 19 Sep 2001

The look of Final Fantasy then provides food for thought: what is realism and what does it have to do with the movies…

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By Wesley Lovell (690) for Cinema Sight (678) on 17 Sep 2001

from the first half hour through the final, unbelievably dull moment, the film beats its audience over the head with the same, tired moral…

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