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By Jarrett T (13) on 16 Oct 2007

You can catch glimpses of Cronenberg's talent here; but a few great scenes don't make for a great movie…

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By Tonio H (1) on 14 Oct 2007

Famous more for it's exploding head sequence, this is actually a really effective conspiracy thriller…

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By Davis V (100) on 10 Oct 2007

Another really good Cronenberg film. The guy is a master of the celluloid medium and it really shows in this well-made horror film…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Jun 2007

Like Tod Browning, Cronenberg doesn't have the stylistic resources to match the forcefulness of his ideas, but his movies remain in the mind…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 24 Oct 2004

An early masterpiece by David Cronenberg…

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By Vincent Canby (762) for The New York Times (9,847) on 10 Mar 2004

Unfortunately the plot thickens so rapidly and so lumpily that one very soon loses interest in spite of the quite stunning and gory special effects…

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By Jake Euker (172) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 08 Mar 2004

Cronenberg's obsession with making the human insides visible begins here…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 09 Mar 2003

The film is awkward and, at its worst, listless and meandering…

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By Rumsey Taylor (94) for Not Coming to a Theater Near You (268) on 09 Sep 2002

The narrative suffers from convolution (it is trademark science fiction -- deliberately paced, with technology infused with philosophy)…

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By Jay Carr (837) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 05 Sep 1999

One of the most technically proficient of David Cronenberg's early gnawing, Canadian-made horror movies, though it lacks both the logic and…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 08 May 1996

Scanners is a new horror film made with enough craft and skill that it could have been very good, if it could find a way to make us care about it…

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