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By Devin Faraci (498) for CHUD (345) on 18 Mar 2005

The end credits play over a series of still drawings of Ray and the steamball's further adventures and EVERY SINGLE ONE of them looks more…

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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 17 Mar 2005

It serves -- it's charming and inventive enough -- but greatness consistently eludes it…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 17 Mar 2005

Jules Verne would appreciate all the flourishes of... Industrial Revolution gingerbread…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for FilmJerk.com (622) on 17 Mar 2005

Otomo's film is highly inventive, refreshingly epic in scope, and the English voice cast fits strongly with the characters…

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By Ned Martel (28) for New York Times (5,786) on 17 Mar 2005

In this mind-bending, elaborate anime, the industrial era is reimagined as a time of steam-powered aggression…

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By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 17 Mar 2005

A feast for the eyes and a thrillingly brazen transposition of the high-tech on the old-fashioned, fueled by a dose of what-if historical fantasy…

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By Bill Muller (519) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 17 Mar 2005

Frustrating, challenging the imagination with pure spectacle but failing to supply a clear road map to follow…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 17 Mar 2005

Offers stunning background art but characters that are drab...with apologies to Jude Law, just call this 'Private Pipsqueak and the World of…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 17 Mar 2005

As per usual in animated films from Japan, the backdrops are triumphs of imagination and architecture, but, as is not always the case, Steamboy…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Mar 2005

By the 100th beautifully crafted plume of smoke and explosion of twisted metal, this gorgeous film has lost more than a little steam…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 17 Mar 2005

As per usual in animated films from Japan, the backdrops are triumphs of imagination and architecture, but, as is not always the case, Steamboy…

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By Rumsey Taylor (94) for Not Coming to a Theater Near You (268) on 15 Mar 2005

Despite its investment (it is the most expensive animé ever produced) and tried production (which began in 1995), Steamboy is an uncommonly…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 15 Mar 2005

The good news: Unlike Akira, I could actually tell what was going on most of the time. The bad news: After a while I just didn't care…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 11 Mar 2005

Has as many explosions as a Jerry Bruckheimer production. ... It's too long. Seventy-five minutes would have been plenty…

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By Ross Anthony (612) for Hollywood Report Card (612) on 09 Mar 2005

A slow even pressure cooker -- very nicely done…

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