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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 21 Jan 2016

Unfortunately, the fate of the world can wait when cute guys are around…

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By Andrew Lapin (196) for NPR (1,713) on 21 Jan 2016

It soon becomes apparent that these spunky teens, no matter how much they flirt with each other while brandishing firearms, are only running…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 21 Jan 2016

The 5th Wave represents a trend of movies that care more about their follow-ups than their individual selves…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for Film Racket (579) on 21 Jan 2016

As The 5th Wave proves, mediocrity at the middle of any adventure leads to a distinct feeling of displeasure once the to be continued conceit…

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By Jon Niccum (520) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 21 Jan 2016

For most of its running time, The 5th Wave functions as a passable time-waster…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 21 Jan 2016

Although I am growing extremely weary of these teen novels being turned into lengthy productions, The 5th Wave is not as bad as I was expecting…

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By Scott Chitwood (152) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 21 Jan 2016

Chloë Grace Moretz and some cool alien destruction set the film apart from other young adult novel adaptations…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 21 Jan 2016

The screenwriters so excessively telegraph each plot twist that the entire script may well have been written in Morse code…

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By Witney Seibold (272) for CraveOnline (813) on 21 Jan 2016

The 5th Wave' comes with its own standardized set of recent-yet-worn clichés about brave teens, the power of love, and a heroine who, despite…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 21 Jan 2016

No amount of 'hard PG-13' atrocities and leftfield homages to John Carpenter's 'They Live' can save a film that, in trying to be more than…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 21 Jan 2016

The 5th Wave finds a way to make the most of Moretz’s talents, with the emotionality she showed in If I Stay and the utter physical chutzpah…

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By Clark Collis (94) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 21 Jan 2016

The frankly preposterous nature of the film’s setup is rendered slightly less so by a couple of second act reveals…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 21 Jan 2016

Aside from a taste for Visual Storytelling 101 basics (a close-up of a dropped teddy bear, held for what seems like half a minute), British…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 Jan 2016

Moretz strikes a convincing empowered-badass pose but has no amount of charismatic fearsomeness can energize the illogical latter portions…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 21 Jan 2016

Director J Blakeson can't quite maintain the film's momentum while squaring its disparate parts, malleable story rules (weren't all power sources…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 21 Jan 2016

The apocalypse, in its effect on Cassie, mainly takes the form of a been-there, done-that checklist of Young Adult story tropes, and none of…

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By Tom Russo (407) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 21 Jan 2016

It’s tough to stay focused on the provocative bits when soapy talk of teenage yearning and angst keep making us snicker…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 21 Jan 2016

The action is frequently too chaotic to register, and the performances are monotonal. There's no personality in this story, or the way it's told…

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By Andy Webster (339) for The New York Times (9,847) on 21 Jan 2016

It’s depressing to see Ms…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 21 Jan 2016

The undercaffeinated middle of the film consists of dopey twists, slow-burning gazes and dialogue that aims for “heartfelt” but comes out…

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