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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 24 Dec 2008

Only Sarah Paulson, as the Spirit's doctor and sometime lover, seems to be in there playing the scenes as if she were a human being in a comic…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 24 Dec 2008

The movie's cleverest idea is to give the Octopus identical clone henchmen with names like Phobos, Logos, and Huevos, all played by Louis Lombardi…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 24 Dec 2008

How do you critique acting that's willfully bad, a story that's purposefully crazy and dialogue that sets out to be stilted and cliched…

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By Joe Lozito (463) for Big Picture Big Sound (482) on 24 Dec 2008

Frank Miller's stiff adaptation of the Will Eisner comic book character feels more like a pet project, full of gee-whiz visuals but lacking…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for PopMatters (2,617) on 24 Dec 2008

Taken on its own terms...it's a beautiful bit of balderdash…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 24 Dec 2008

I would recommend The Spirit to a cinematography buff, but I can't think of anyone else who would go for it…

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By Matthew Razak (302) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 23 Dec 2008

The Spirit tries hard enough that watching the movie isn't a total bust, but it is that immense effort to try to be something -- anything --…

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By Robert Wilonsky (520) for Village Voice (8,525) on 23 Dec 2008

The fanboys will find room in their heart to forgive the desecration. Everyone else won't care at all…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 23 Dec 2008

The ultimate geek movie...Frank Miller's take on Will Eisner's semi-spectral crime-fighter comes DOA and never springs back to life…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 23 Dec 2008

This is what Sin City would have looked like without the restraining hand of co-director Robert Rodriguez behind the camera…

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By Mark Keizer (225) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 23 Dec 2008

A lurching mess. The film features a terrible script devoid of characters worth investing in or a story worth caring about…

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By Joshua Tyler (625) for CinemaBlend (829) on 21 Dec 2008

Achieves all the high-tech excitement of a Sea Monkeys commercial…

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By Jeremiah Kipp (262) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 20 Dec 2008

Samuel L. Jackson has hit a rock bottom with The Spirit that's comparable only to Joan Crawford's appearance in Trog…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Giant Magazine (68) on 20 Dec 2008

The best thing about The Spirit is that it was directed by [Frank] Miller....The worst thing about The Spirit is that it was written by Frank Miller…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 19 Dec 2008

Scenes begin seemingly at random and end abruptly. Actors play characters at full bore…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Dec 2008

Plunges into a watery grave early on and spends roughly the next 100 minutes gasping for air…

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