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By Neil Smith (699) for Total Film (3,532) on 16 Feb 2010

While you suspect it's really just a big Clash Of The Titans spoiler, there's enough action in Jackson to make it succeed on its own terms…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Radio Times (2,421) on 16 Feb 2010

It's evidently Potter-ish, but unashamedly aimed at younger viewers - which makes the emphasis on the junior hero's fighting skills and a clearly…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 16 Feb 2010

While the Hogwarts saga may be getting long in the tooth, at least it has decent characters and a sense of humour. This has neither…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 16 Feb 2010

Digitisation reigns - spectacular visual effects - while the dialogue drizzles and sploshes…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By Anthony Quinn (478) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 16 Feb 2010

If they'd played it for laughs it might just have worked, but in fact its earnest tone and digimation effects stick pretty close to the Potter…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 16 Feb 2010

Very American, very crass and very underwhelming…

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By Anna Smith (519) for Metro (UK) (700) on 16 Feb 2010

The story is told in bland, episodic fashion with no sense of drama or threat…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By Derek Malcolm (772) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 16 Feb 2010

This ineffably wooden Chris Columbus adaptation of author Rick Riordan's best-seller for young teens has a screenplay that defies description…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Syfy Wire (37) on 14 Feb 2010

It would be an easy slam review. But if you like big pretty toy commercials, it's plenty of fun…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 13 Feb 2010

an agreeable fantasy adventure that should leave fans of the genre satisfied…

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By Jen Yamato (145) for Movies.com (1,002) on 13 Feb 2010

Director Columbus never quite gets comfortable juggling the film's myriad characters, grandiose-but-stale CGI effects, and PG-friendly battle…

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By Michelle Alexandria (310) for Eclipse Magazine (446) on 13 Feb 2010

This is what a quality book adaptation should do, stand on it's own, while making you want to explore more. But JESUS…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By Rubin Safaya (167) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 13 Feb 2010

Despite so much epic drama in Greek mythology from which to borrow, here we are given little sense of the magnitude of the clash between the…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 12 Feb 2010

There are lots of cool surprises along the way, and the special effects are fantastic, especially the ones that create Uma Thurman's Medusa snakedo…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 12 Feb 2010

The Lightning Thief is all crass ineptitude and lost potential…

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By Christopher Smith (624) for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (624) on 12 Feb 2010

The plot is a pretty blatant rehash of the typical coming-of-age hero tropes…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for Movie Retriever (197) on 12 Feb 2010

Young viewers probably will be entertained but even they are likely to realize that this could have and should have been better, especially…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By Jenna Busch (73) for Newsarama (1) on 12 Feb 2010

My problems with it are the same as with most screen adaptations of young adult novels...they spend so much time struggling to explain the…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By Kurt Loder (858) for MTV (492) on 12 Feb 2010

Sadly worthy of its dumping into the cinematic boneyard of wintry mid-February…

Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By David Frese (73) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 12 Feb 2010

The camera work is frequently pedestrian, the acting is bland, and the jokes often fall flat…

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