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By Jay Antani (281) for Cinema Writer (174) on 02 Nov 2012

Looper is among the cleverest, most skillfully crafted and entertaining sci-fi thrillers of the past 20 years…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Star (403) on 30 Oct 2012

The smartest, most stylish and most outright entertaining science-fiction film of the year…

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By Austin Kennedy (419) for Film Geek Central (133) on 25 Oct 2012

This is one of those rare genre movies (like the original TERMINATOR) that reminds us that Sci-Fi can be smart…

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By Laurence Boyce (64) for The Sabotage Times (6) on 23 Oct 2012

While it sometimes feels like it's trying to do much, Looper manages to be a creditable and exciting sci-fi flick that homages the past while…

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By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 17 Oct 2012

has an irresistible energy and a don't-give-a-damn unpredictability…

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By Tom Clift (226) for Moviedex (362) on 15 Oct 2012

Anchors high-concept thrills and captivating ideas in a world of challenging morality and intricate personal consequences…

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By Jackie K. Cooper (1,018) for jackiekcooper.com (943) on 09 Oct 2012

Truly imaginative but all the twists and turns make the overall film difficult to follow. Plus Gordon-Levitt has not reached leading man status yet…

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By Michael A. Smith (689) for MediaMikes (371) on 08 Oct 2012

Kind of a reverse-Terminator without any of James Cameron's wit (or wisdom),…

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By Jeffrey Lyles (696) for Lyles' Movie Files (591) on 08 Oct 2012

An endlessly creative mind-blowing film that captures everything right about the movie going experience…

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By Ian Buckwalter (369) for The Washingtonian (21) on 08 Oct 2012

Part science fiction, part mob movie, and with a nice infusion of dark comedy at just the right moments, Looper is Johnson's best movie yet,…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 08 Oct 2012

Takes us far beyond the film's high-concept premise into the kind of emotional terrain that too often escapes even the best genre filmmakers…

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By Steve Wright (13) for SciFiNow (378) on 07 Oct 2012

Doesn't quite reach the heights of the lofty ideals that it so ardently seeks to expound, but makes up for this with the sheer thrill of the…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 05 Oct 2012

Ingenious with a fine performance by Emily Blunt, but far too much cold-blooded violence…

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By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 05 Oct 2012

Engaging, exciting, and successfully cross-breeding elements of Terminator and even Pet Sematary, Looper is a solid work of palatable science-fiction…

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By Clint O'connor (453) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 05 Oct 2012

Looper's super. An action-thriller that bothers to have a brain…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 05 Oct 2012

Looper may not take us back to the future as satisfyingly as Robert Zemeckis' Marty McFly trilogy or James Cameron's Terminator franchise,…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 04 Oct 2012

The best time travel films play on emotion rather than logic, and once Looper realises this and drops all the tail-chasing about how time travel…

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By Tricia Olszewski (442) for Washington City Paper (500) on 04 Oct 2012

Has more depth, smarts, and heart than the usual sci-fi bluster…

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By Bruce Bennett (577) for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (575) on 04 Oct 2012

The key to enjoying the gruesome violence mixed with a healthy potion of emotional depth rarely found in this genre is to not dwell on the…

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By Mark Ellis (362) for Schmoes Know (710) on 04 Oct 2012

Sometimes time travel is just used a cheap device in movies to make them seem different; this is not one of those films…

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