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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 12 Sep 2007

Species carries the whole idea of the erotic thriller--that '80s yuppie genre that mixed sex and slaughter--past cliche into howling absurdity…

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By Jay Carr (837) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 19 Mar 2006

Director Roger Donaldson may have started out aiming for intentional thrills, but ends up with unintentional comedy as his characters do and…

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By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 26 Oct 2005

As slyly smart as it is silly, and the flick delivers a clever idea that's wedged in between some rather slick action scenes…

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By John J. Puccio (1,217) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 21 Oct 2004

she's a beautiful, horny, outer-space babe who just wants to copulate, and when she doesn't get her way, boy, does she get angry…

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By Steve Crum (868) for Kansas City Kansan (274) on 14 Oct 2004

Violent kill-fest of a sci-fi/horror movie. Sexy monster, though…

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By Joey O'bryan (26) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 09 Apr 2004

What else can I say about a movie in which even a brilliant artist like H.R…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 29 Jan 2004

It doesn’t help that the special effects are second-rate; the squishy primal horror of Alien has been replaced by a kind of mechanized yuckiness…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 21 Jun 2002

If Species sounds ridiculous, it is -- though as ridiculous science fiction films go, this one has its moments. As usual, these moments come early…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Film Scouts (224) on 16 Apr 2002

The movie works pretty well for its first half, then turns so derivative that discerning audience members may find themselves passing the time…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 01 Jan 2001

There's plenty of chills, slime and blood and some above-average special effects…

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By Steve Persall (1,105) for Tampa Bay Times (1,287) on 30 Sep 2000

The director, Roger Donaldson, best known for the Kevin Costner thriller No Way Out, keeps the film moving…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

For every rare film like [2001] or Close Encounters of the Third Kind with a sense of wonder about the vastness of creation, there are a dozen…

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By James O'ehley (345) for Sci-Fi Movie Page (492) on 01 Jan 2000

This movie is, to be honest, an Alien clone…

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By Chris Hicks (618) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Jan 2000

The rest of the film is pretty simple-minded -- the team stalks her, she stalks men in L.A. bars, and gross-out special effects stalk the audience…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 01 Jan 2000

A somewhat thoughtful film was not what I was expecting out of Species, and sure enough, by the time the second hour rolls around, the film…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 05 Nov 1999

Despite the ridiculous premise and casting this is still a pacey little sci-thriller…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 13 Sep 1997

Director Roger Donaldson has a lot of fun with his premise…

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