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By Aine O'connor (240) for Sunday Independent (Ireland) (504) on 12 Jun 2016

Eight-to-ten-year-olds and beyond might well find this enjoyable in its spectacular and soulless way…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 12 Jun 2016

The finer plot details of this film cannot be approached without laughter: it's a pretentious, grandiose mess, packed with tiresome special…

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By Mark Jackson (231) for Epoch Times (337) on 02 Jun 2016

Jupiter Ascending' is a thematic cornucopia of 'Star Wars/Trek/Gate,' 'The Matrix,' 'Predator,' 'Wolf,' even 'Turbo' (the snail cartoon),…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 29 May 2016

The storytelling is clumsy, the characters are befuddling, and the Wachowskis' action sequences - once so graceful and thrilling - are ugly,…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seanax.com (387) on 21 May 2016

Given the ambitions the Wachowskis have shown in the Matrix films and Cloud Atlas, this is rather retrograde as both filmmaking and storytelling,…

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By Dee O'donoghue (29) for Film Ireland Magazine (354) on 11 May 2016

Jupiter Ascending fails to offer its audiences anything other than a one-dimensional and disappointingly regressive visual saga of sci-fi fantasy…

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By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

The longer it goes on the worse it gets, which is a shame, because no one conjures up mindblowing architectural galactic worlds like the Wachowskis…

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By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 13 Apr 2016

A work of great vision without much clarity, drunk on possibility to the point that it inevitably crumples into a heap in the corner…

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

The growing attraction between Caine and Jupiter doesn't get much time to blossom though.Because they spend so much time running from one scene…

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By Emine Yildirim (74) for Today's Zaman (Turkey) (74) on 29 Feb 2016

While Kunis is an adorable actress and has much charm to contribute to the film, neither she nor the well-intentioned Tatum are convincing…

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By Wesley Lovell (690) for Cinema Sight (678) on 01 Jan 2016

There are a lot of great ideas struggling to find their way out of this misshapen hulk of a film…

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By Jonathan Kiefer (305) for SF Weekly (560) on 31 Dec 2015

Jupiter Ascending feels like some sweatshop-factory assembly of tidbits vaguely recalled from the last 40 years of fantasy, adventure, and…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 28 Dec 2015

An empty viewing experience, that promised much and delivered little…

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By Craig D. Lindsey (161) for Nashville Scene (147) on 07 Dec 2015

It does seem like the Wachowskis are much more in tune with aliens than they are with their own earthling kinfolk…

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By Tom Meek (408) for Cambridge Day (227) on 20 Oct 2015

The seamless rendering of winged giant lizard henchmen and ornate spiracle space stations conjures up a transporting spectacle of wonderment…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 20 Oct 2015

Jupiter Ascending is kind of goony and more than a little cheesy…

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By Nick Dent (153) for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (376) on 20 Oct 2015

The effects are good. The film is well shot. But the performances are awful…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 20 Oct 2015

It's a decent idea that was overwhelmed by excess story and excess effects. Jupiter may be ascending, but its audience will leave shrugging…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 20 Oct 2015

Jupiter Ascending is my first guilty pleasure of the year, and like a Snickers bar, it's deliciously gooey and nutty at the same time…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Projected Figures (169) on 16 Sep 2015

By its second half Jupiter Ascending abandons big, crazy ideas for a default mode of repetitive action sequences, losing along the way both…

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