Review of I Am Number Four (2011) by Squall C — 03 Jan 2015

Screenplay comes from the Smallville startup crew and the Director has had plenty of films I really enjoy. I'm going to chalk this one up to the paper thin character portrayals. Looks like I have some new books to delve into.

This review of I Am Number Four (2011) was written by Squall C on 03 Jan 2015.

I Am Number Four has generally received mixed reviews.

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This was very good if you read the book. I guess it got bad reviews because half the people that watched it did not read the book…

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