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By Mike Mcgranaghan (1,821) for Aisle Seat (1,783) on 15 Jan 2010

The Book of Eli has something extremely thoughtful to say and it was designed to make you think about what it is saying…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 14 Jan 2010

Remarkably straightforward but appropriately quirky…

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By Victoria Alexander (762) for FilmsInReview.com (462) on 14 Jan 2010

Powerful and thought-provoking. A forecast for our time…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for MSN Movies (470) on 14 Jan 2010

Your brain, and, yes, your soul, long for…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 14 Jan 2010

The Book of Eli has its attributes, not the least being its ability to present religious themes into the mix without getting preachy or spelling…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for PopMatters (2,617) on 14 Jan 2010

Set against an enigmatic and atmospheric backdrop, the duo avoids the standard sci-fi trappings to forge something meaningful and memorable…

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By Vic Holtreman (121) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 14 Jan 2010

The Book of Eli is a tough one to call %u2013 you may find yourself liking or disliking it based on your particular point of view…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 14 Jan 2010

One trip to the poisoned post-apocalyptic well too many…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 14 Jan 2010

A didactic and humorless Western, Eli is too laborious for an action film and too brutal to be an inspirational tale…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 14 Jan 2010

The story requires a greater leap of faith than I was willing or able to muster, since Eli is also a saintly pilgrim on a God-given mission…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 14 Jan 2010

Somewhat entertaining, in its own little mud-brown way…

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By Thomas Leupp (166) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 14 Jan 2010

The Hughes brothers should thank God for Denzel, who almost singlehandedly makes Book of Eli's hyper-stylized, incongruous mixture of B-movie…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 14 Jan 2010

The Book of Eli isn't as exciting or funny or inspiring as it wants and needs to be, and its preachy ending is an ordeal…

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By Graham Killeen (120) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 14 Jan 2010

A gorgeously illustrated picture-book of landscapes made barren by politicized religion, where faith is salvation's last frontier…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 14 Jan 2010

a decent enough entertainment, but its story and imagery are all too familiar, there are jarring geographical impossibilities, and costarring…

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By John Hartl (735) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 14 Jan 2010

The fixation on the Bible (and biblical-scale cloud formations) gets awfully pompous at times, especially when it's used to justify gory…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 14 Jan 2010

The Book of Eli is “The Road’’ with twice the plot, four times the ammunition, and half the brains; it’ll probably make 10 times the money…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 Jan 2010

Eli is nothing less than a prophet-superman on a divine mission, and while he naturally saves the word of God and, thus, humanity at large,…

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By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 14 Jan 2010

Though not as lyrical as The Road, which benefits from both its visual artistry and its humanist perspective, The Book of Eli employs the genre…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 14 Jan 2010

Who better than Denzel to play a saint in a sinful world, a man who retains this saintliness even after he's sliced up several dozen rapists…

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