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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 27 Sep 2012

Ambitious to a fault, but Johnson's vision remains original and initially hypnotic, constructing a wild but winded tale of time travel -- one…

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By Matt Soergel (215) for Florida Times-Union (216) on 27 Sep 2012

Mind-bending science-fiction and proud of it, not just a Western set in outer space or a monster movie set on an alien planet…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 27 Sep 2012

The resulting slowdown, as well as a significant narrative shift, gives Looper a slightly sprawling and ungrounded feel at times, almost as…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 27 Sep 2012

Looper felt to me like a maddening near-miss: It posits an impossible but fascinating-to-imagine relationship...and then throws away nearly…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for Reason Online (497) on 27 Sep 2012

Writer-director Rian Johnson has come up with a nifty sci-fi hook, and he keeps as tight a rein as possible on the story's twisty internal logic…

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By Rubin Safaya (167) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 27 Sep 2012

The transgression of internal logic suspends a faithfully observant viewer's disbelief more than Mr. Gordon-Levitt's glued on eyebrows…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 27 Sep 2012

This is an exciting, exceptionally well-made futuristic thriller that also happens to be loaded with lived-in touches and punchy ideas…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for AskMen.com (164) on 27 Sep 2012

Boasts Rian Johnson's reverence for cinema past while taking genre movies into a promising future…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 27 Sep 2012

A fashionably sleek, unfashionably smart science-fiction film that tick-tick-ticks along with pocket-watch precision…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 27 Sep 2012

The casting is carefully considered, as well, from Willis, whose Old Joe is even more dangerous than Young Joe, to Emily Blunt, who goes American…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 27 Sep 2012

While the third act inevitably bogs down a bit in gunplay and chases, there are more than enough moments of visual wonder and storytelling…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Mania.com (396) on 27 Sep 2012

The smart idea at the center blossoms into an equally smart movie…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 27 Sep 2012

As with his brilliant and ground-breaking Brick, also starring Gordon-Levitt, writer/director Rian Johnson has an engaging and compelling way…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 27 Sep 2012

Looper is a challenging, fun, serious and action packed movie in all of the right ways…

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By Alex Zane (472) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 27 Sep 2012

Johnson - who collaborated with Levitt on his brilliant debut thriller Brick - has crafted both an intelligent and compelling sci-fi world…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 27 Sep 2012

Thanks to the assured hold Johnson exerts over this ingeniously structured game of cat-and-cat, we'll go anyplace he has in mind…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 27 Sep 2012

An indie-inflected popcorn movie with major brains, brilliant acting and a highly satisfying payoff, Looper is the first must-see movie of the season…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 27 Sep 2012

Looper looks like and is a blast; what's really cool is it's even more than that…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 27 Sep 2012

Johnson's action scenes occasionally stumble, but the devilishly clever script makes Looper a thrilling, dizzying ride…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 27 Sep 2012

Looper provides some breathtaking moments of action and food for thought, although we'd go easy on the latter…

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