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By David Sims (534) for AV Club (2,778) on 21 Sep 2016

Every time Edwards' Godzilla rears up, you stiffen with excitement. Every time he roars, Edwards wants you to feel it and wince…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

Godzilla' doesn't feel cynical; there's a sense of joy to the picture, of honest-to-God fun, which separates it from many of its summer movie…

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By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 05 Jun 2016

In a studio system that so heavily relies on playing all their cards at once, Edwards' restraint is half the fun -- the other half being the…

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By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Godzilla circa 2014 towers over the majority of its monster movie brethren…

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By Theresa Smith (147) for Independent Online (South Africa) (258) on 04 Mar 2016

This monster movie is more vanilla than wasabi…

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By Heather Wixson (312) for Daily Dead (246) on 07 Jan 2016

While I don't necessarily think it revolutionizes the idea of the summer blockbuster, on a technical level, Edwards has created something of…

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By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 13 Jul 2015

A certain nihilism darkens this Godzilla and puts it within atomic-breath distance of the original Gojira…

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By David Blaustein (150) for Good Morning America (94) on 05 Jan 2015

This version of the monster is legendary. On a scale of one to 10, give this Godzilla a solid 9…

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By Genevieve Valentine (37) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 05 Jan 2015

For those with a high tolerance for action-movie bingo and CGI carnage, Godzilla's reverence for the King of the Monsters oozes from every…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 05 Jan 2015

This isn't a thinking man's Godzilla, exactly, but it's certainly clever where it counts…

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By Karen Krizanovich (126) for The Arts Desk (640) on 05 Jan 2015

A huge contender for film of the year - certainly it is one of the must-sees of 2014…

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By Ap Kryza (43) for Willamette Week (516) on 05 Jan 2015

Edwards' reboot excels on so many levels, it's easy to forget that Godzilla originally served as a cautionary tale about nuclear testing and…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 05 Jan 2015

There's something rather heartening about the fact that Warner Brothers was prepared to hand over the reins of a stonking great blockbuster…

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By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 05 Jan 2015

The sheer size of the creatures is part of their pleasure, and 3D CGI technology seems born to tell these kinds of stories; it has finally…

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 05 Jan 2015

Giant, radioactive lizards deserve better…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 05 Jan 2015

Edwards exercises a sure hand marshalling the special effects needed to make Gojira's brawls realistic…

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By Jamie Healy (34) for Radio Times (2,421) on 05 Jan 2015

A blockbuster that makes up for in mood and spectacle what it lacks in dramatic bite…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 05 Jan 2015

Even as the story of Godzilla is familiar, director Gareth Edwards' version is scaled to the present moment…

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By Timothy Wainwright (6) for Christianity Today (953) on 05 Jan 2015

Gareth Edwards' take on the classic monster franchise has much of what a great blockbuster should, and I wonder if it won't be a Jurassic Park…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 05 Jan 2015

Anyone who has loved or admired Godzilla in any of his many guises are going to get a major rush from how the majestic mega-lizard handles…

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