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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 20 Oct 2011

The first 45 minutes of this film feel like far too much normal and not nearly enough para…

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By Christian Toto (897) for What Would Toto Watch? (283) on 20 Oct 2011

The new 'Activity' is dumb, strained and obvious. But you'll be scared all the same, and nothing else matters…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 20 Oct 2011

If it lacks the original's novelty value and sheer sense of surprise, it makes up for it with creative filmmaking, likeable (for once) characters,…

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By Kevin Mccarthy (392) for BDK Reviews (222) on 20 Oct 2011

The flick improves upon the second films' problems, but doesn't live up to the fresh vibe of the original…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 20 Oct 2011

If I'd wanted to spend so much time watching people sleeping, I could have been a train conductor, flight attendant or nurse in a different life…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 20 Oct 2011

A taut horror ride with enough thrills, chills and gotcha moments to keep audiences asking for more.(Movie Review for Parents also available)…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 20 Oct 2011

If you haven't seen the first two movies, why are you watching this? And if you have seen the first two movies, why do you need to watch this…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for Washington Post (9,851) on 20 Oct 2011

Paranormal Activity 3 just uses new technology to deliver the same old ghosts-and-goblins hokum…

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By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 20 Oct 2011

Paranormal Activity 3, which parts audiences once again with their cash while refusing to move the series' mythology forward, will frustrate…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 20 Oct 2011

The shtick movie Paranormal Activity 3 is the horror equivalent of vaudeville comedy: a little patter, a little pie in the face, repeat…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 20 Oct 2011

Series creator Oren Peli and his conscripts have managed to do it again, but you have to wonder how far they can continue to push this found-footage…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 20 Oct 2011

Shows that if coming up with new magic tricks isn't an option, performing the old tricks with flair will suffice. For a while, anyway…

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By Mark Olsen (451) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 19 Oct 2011

Paranormal Activity 3, the latest installment in the low-budget horror franchise, is far and away the sharpest, most wildly aware film in the series…

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By Andy Webster (339) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 Oct 2011

3 introduces a camera affixed to a fan panning slowly back and forth, offering now-you-see-it-now-you-don't tableaus in the kitchen and foyer…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 19 Oct 2011

The filmmakers throw in a few cheesy scares: mom in a monster mask, a baby sitter jumping in front of a camera. But the rest is pretty freaking cool…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 19 Oct 2011

Paranormal Activity 3 has one new technical wrinkle, and it's brilliant: In addition to the cameras in the bedroom, Smith mounts a third to…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 19 Oct 2011

Co-directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman cut their teeth on 2010's glib social-media mystery Catfish,'' and since they're clever boys, they…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Oct 2011

The films are not works of genius. They are, however, wily reminders of the virtues of restraint when you're out for a scare…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 19 Oct 2011

More of the same, using the found-footage tricks the first two films employed to try to shock the audience. But man, are those some good tricks…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 19 Oct 2011

More funhouse spook show than actual horror movie but, like the black magic roller coaster ride it's predicated on, it has a startling amount…

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