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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 03 Aug 2017

The direction is fairly formulaic, the special effects are nothing special, and except for Elba and McConaughey, who square off against each…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 03 Aug 2017

Based on Stephen King's novels, this sludgy science fiction/fantasy dud reduces King's epic vision to a series of mindless cliches, surrounded…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 03 Aug 2017

The long-in-the-works movie adaptation has taken all the personality and quirkiness from the story and turned it into a streamlined action-fantasy…

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By Matt Patches (283) for Thrillist (209) on 03 Aug 2017

A spectacle of miscalculation and mythology... the minute 'The Dark Tower' starts, it wants to be over; It's embarrassed to be in front of us…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 03 Aug 2017

This isn’t just a mediocre movie — although it is most definitely that — it is a wasted opportunity to fulfill the promise of that opening…

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By Mark Medley (14) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 03 Aug 2017

The Dark Tower is King’s ultimate roller coaster – twisting and stomach-clenching and terrifying but, above all, fun…

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By Robert Horton (590) for HeraldNet (Everett, WA) (288) on 03 Aug 2017

Such a flaccid non-event it barely leaves an impression. In the King movie-adaptation universe, Maximum Overdrive suddenly doesn't look so bad…

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By Matthew Razak (302) for Flixist.com (210) on 03 Aug 2017

The solution to tackling a big, messy, interesting, unique world? Condense it down to nothing…

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By Rebecca Murray (740) for Showbiz Junkies (143) on 03 Aug 2017

Neither Idris Elba nor Matthew McConaughey can save this flat adaptation from being utterly forgettable…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 03 Aug 2017

Matthew McConaughey is not awright, awright, awright as the film's villain and this is about as exciting as a Sesame Street episode…

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By Sonny Bunch (405) for Washington Free Beacon (282) on 03 Aug 2017

If you're going to adapt Stephen King's eight-book opus…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Daily Film Fix (355) on 03 Aug 2017

there is no way that Stephen King's eight novel multiverse is as simplistically written as this film adaptation…

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By Christian Toto (897) for HollywoodInToto.com (350) on 03 Aug 2017

Stephen King's expansive saga gets ... a 95 minute cheat sheet gussied up as a franchise starter…

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By Frank Wilkins (257) for Reel Reviews (165) on 03 Aug 2017

The Dark Tower's hopes of creating a far-reaching universe have collapsed…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN.com (607) on 03 Aug 2017

The Dark Tower avoids the lowest rungs of that ladder. Taken on its terms it's hardly a disaster, delivering moments of fun on a basic level…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 03 Aug 2017

Some rather efficient world-building of an epic universe protected from the forces of darkness by the titular structure with charismatic performances…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 02 Aug 2017

Any hopes that the proceedings might be saved by the performances by the two normally excellent actors in the lead roles are pretty much scratched…

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By Julia Alexander (47) for Polygon (677) on 02 Aug 2017

The Dark Tower feels apathetic, like it was created because it seemed like something that should be made eventually…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 02 Aug 2017

Despite two fine actors in key roles, and the efforts of a four-man screenwriting team to strip King's story down to its basics, The Dark Tower…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 02 Aug 2017

This isn't The Dark Tower. This is a small, sad pile of rubble - the foundation to a franchise you can only hope is never built…

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