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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 15 Apr 2014

A movie that’s of two minds. It’s well-grounded, but also over the top. It’s a man-vs.-machine epic and also an intimate drama…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 Apr 2014

Despite its looks, talent and pedigree, Transcendence never becomes the movie it could have been…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 15 Apr 2014

Lethargic direction, bland visuals, credulity-straining plotting and tin-eared dialogue turn even pros like Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany and…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for MetroActive (325) on 15 Apr 2014

Pretty damned bad, and another example of 2014 CG used to animate 1974's science fiction ideas…

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By Bryan Bishop (118) for The Verge (432) on 15 Apr 2014

If you squint, you can almost see the layered, poignant blockbuster that Transcendence wanted to be…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 Apr 2014

In spite of its many assorted plot-holes, Transcendence is a captivating sci-fi movie, thanks to strong performances by a stable of reliable actors…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 15 Apr 2014

Transcendence strains to create the kind of brainy science-fiction adventure that Christopher Nolan pulled off in the more phantasmagoric and…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 15 Apr 2014

This thoughtful but windy and winded sci-fi thriller shortchanges the science – understandably - and the thrills…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for Associated Press (1,685) on 15 Apr 2014

Transcendence is clunky and lifeless. It's like the movie version of a paranoid TED talk…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for ScreenCrush (954) on 15 Apr 2014

Transcendence' lets narrative inertia fill in where the screenplay doesn't…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 15 Apr 2014

While never as dynamically involving as Christopher Nolan's Inception, for which longtime Nolan director of photography Pfister justifiably…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 15 Apr 2014

Pfister, who, like his mentor Nolan, adamantly continues to shoot on film (not digital), shows a sure hand at staging scenes, creating visuals…

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By Scott Foundas (913) for Variety (12,700) on 15 Apr 2014

There are intriguing, half-formed ideas afoot in Transcendence, but the script and Pfister’s heavy, humorless direction tend to reduce everything…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Apr 2014

This humorless science-fiction cautionary tale feels like a relic from an earlier era, pulled out of a dusty old box of zip disks and 56k modems…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 15 Apr 2014

Wally Pfister, best known until now as the cinematographer on Christopher Nolan's big films, makes his directorial debut here, and as dumb…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 15 Apr 2014

You can feel this movie's attempts at Big Ideas about technology get weighed down by a dopey, nonsensical plot…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 15 Apr 2014

A pointless nightmare of pretentious science fiction twaddle with no plot, no coherence and no heart…

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By Ap Kryza (43) for Willamette Week (516) on 15 Apr 2014

In moving between the smaller story of tragic lovers and a greater fable about the dangers of playing God, Pfister's film jackknifes jarringly,…

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