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By Jordi Costa (207) for El Pais (Spain) (511) on 23 Jan 2017

A film that marks the comeback of an iconic creature, resulting in almost the opposite of what the American tradition considers a monster movie…

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By Ernesto Diezmartinez (236) for Cine Vértigo (222) on 18 Jan 2017

A film that, besides good humor, has some curious political remarks about XXI century Japan that definitely must be highlighted…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 11 Dec 2016

It might not climb the mountainous heights of the '54 Godzilla or the 1964 Mothra vs…

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By Joshua Rivera (91) for GQ (31) on 05 Dec 2016

The special effects seem to very intentionally play into the monster's low-fi roots while also attempting to unsettle, and it's…

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By Jim Vorel (49) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 03 Nov 2016

All hail, the King of the Monsters. Godzilla is back…

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By Evan Griffin (12) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 20 Oct 2016

As a franchise that desperately needed some form of evolution, Shin Godzilla offers it in a way that is occasionally surprising while also…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for Mark Leeper's Reviews (297) on 20 Oct 2016

This is the most serious Godzilla film since the first, and except for the novelty the first film had, this would probably be the best Godzilla…

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By Kristian M. Lin (336) for Fort Worth Weekly (325) on 20 Oct 2016

Shin Godzilla is a success, blending bureaucratic detail with monstrous mayhem into one exciting package, with enough nods to the original…

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By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 18 Oct 2016

Shin Godzilla is a lot of fun if you can focus solely on the monster mayhem…

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By Anthony Morris (102) for sbs.com.au (697) on 13 Oct 2016

As a giant monster movie this is gripping viewing from start to finish…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 13 Oct 2016

Godzilla Resurgence may not be Godzilla at his very best but for fans of the giant monster, it's a welcome relief to have him back in Toho…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 12 Oct 2016

There's one good thing that comes from the occasional American Godzilla film: They get Toho to dust off the property and do it right…

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By Katie Rife (451) for AV Club (2,778) on 12 Oct 2016

So, yes, Shin Godzilla is dialogue-heavy, and sometimes it fails to make much sense…

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By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 11 Oct 2016

Godzilla roars back to life in this new Toho Production, but the filmmakers' attempts to teach the old monster some new tricks only partially succeed…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 11 Oct 2016

If this fun but frequently exasperating new chapter in Godzilla’s never-ending story feels like a major anomaly, its eccentricities are what…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for Forbes (586) on 10 Oct 2016

You want to see Tokyo get trashed good, and it does, more cinematically so than in most of the previous franchise installments…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 10 Oct 2016

Come for the city-flattening; stay for the political satire…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 10 Oct 2016

Despite the movie's darker tone, there's still room for humor when you have rooms full of diplomats and scientists discussing how to contend…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 09 Oct 2016

Anno succeeds in offering a new perspective on the decades-old franchise, without losing sight of what has made Godzilla endure for so many years…

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By Neil Genzlinger (512) for New York Times (5,786) on 09 Oct 2016

The film is at its best when it’s in parody mode, though it keeps that card too close to the vest for much of its two-hour length…

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