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By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 28 Jul 2014

Lucy is trippy. It's Lucy in the Sky with Dimwits…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 28 Jul 2014

I expected dumb. An incomprehensible mess punctuated with cheese-encrusted CGI effects, phony philosophizing and outbursts of tedium, I did not…

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Review of Lucy (2014)

By Greg Maki (546) for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (546) on 28 Jul 2014

Though not without its charms, Lucy is a dumb, goofy movie about what it would mean to be really, really smart…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 27 Jul 2014

I don't know where CPH4 stands on the narcotics table, but this is a large dose of pseudo-science entertainment and an attitudinally hot character…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 27 Jul 2014

Great premise, terrific set-up, excellent effects and a world-class performance by Scarlett Johansson but ultimately it has nowhere to go…

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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 26 Jul 2014

The weirdness Besson really has in mind is decidedly uncommercial at best, inscrutably indulgent at worst…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 26 Jul 2014

strains credulity to the breaking point...There's a good story to be told about capturing the power of the brain but it's not this one…

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By Andy Crump (279) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 26 Jul 2014

Besson mines so much entertainment value out of his absurd, unrelenting foolishness as to feel manically inspired in its own way…

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By Matt Kelemen (219) for AspectRatio.us (70) on 26 Jul 2014

You've just got to let go and enjoy Lucy for the mindfully mindless entertainment it is…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 26 Jul 2014

More frustrating than it is intellectually engaging…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 26 Jul 2014

Weird yet strangely intriguing, posing fascinating philosophical questions, like: Does time truly exist? Why are we here? And is our essence immortal…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for Time (1,811) on 25 Jul 2014

The summer’s best, coolest, juiciest, smartest action movie…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 25 Jul 2014

The sci-fi thriller can only go so far with its daffiness before things become too mindless for comfort…

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Review of Lucy (2014)

By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 25 Jul 2014

An eye-popping fever dream of a science-fiction movie, 'Lucy' is one of the best movies screenwriter/director Luc Besson has wrought…

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By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Jul 2014

An audacious film that stimulates and tantalises both visually and intellectually…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 25 Jul 2014

A valiant if ultimately futile attempt to graft a brainy mind-bender onto a traditional action film template, Luc Besson's Lucy frequently…

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By Scott Nash (692) for Three Movie Buffs (692) on 25 Jul 2014

Scarlett Johansson kicking ass in a Luc Besson action film sounds like a good idea…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 24 Jul 2014

Lucy is constantly playful and awestruck. Besson... genuinely seems moved by the capability of humans to do good…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 24 Jul 2014

What Johansson does in Lucy won't win her any prizes, but it establishes her ability to carry a movie that has some ideas, however half-baked,…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 24 Jul 2014

Like many films by Besson — The Professional, The Fifth Element, The Messenger and other high-octane shoot-'em-ups — Lucy starts out riveting…

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