Review of Species (1995) by Owen Gleiberman for Entertainment Weekly — 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It doesn’t help that the special effects are second-rate; the squishy primal horror of Alien has been replaced by a kind of mechanized yuckiness. The team of B-movie scientists tracking the monster includes Ben Kingsley doing his over-deliberate American accent, Alfred Molina sporting a haircut that’s scarier than the creature, and Forest Whitaker as an empath so sensitive he can’t let anyone sneeze without making a dewy-eyed psychic pronouncement.
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This review of Species (1995) was written by Owen Gleiberman and published by Entertainment Weekly on 29 Jan 2004.
Species has generally received mixed reviews.
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