Ultimately seems more like a fancy mechanical toy than a work of art we can warm up to.
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09/18/04
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
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Reviews Counted:197
Fresh:142
Rotten:55
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is slim on plot and characterization, but the visuals more than make up for it.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $37,747,092
Synopsis: In writer-director Kerry Conran's debut film, ace pilot Joe "Sky Captain" Sullivan (Jude Law) reluctantly teams up with his former flame, journalist Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow), to uncover the... [More]
Starring: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Kerry Conran
Reviews for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The script is not funny or even humorous, or logical, or satirical...The sepia type color makes it unpleasant to watch.
09/18/04
The robotic acting is a reminder of how stiff the acting was in those throwback serial chapter films.
09/18/04
It’s worth the money to see it on the big screen.
09/18/04
It was just so busy trying to be an homage that it didn’t bother to spend any time on characters and good story.
09/18/04
Talk about comic book movies! It's a slick, super-stylish, nostalgic, pop-culture adventure for the whole family.
09/18/04
This sci-fi thriller eschews fun for worship of old movies; it's a clinker from start to finish.
09/18/04
More a fascinating curiosity than a satisfying movie experience.
09/18/04
The most entertaining movie of 2004.
09/18/04
Great performances (especially Angelina Jolie) and endless CGI trickery barely conceals a sloppy screenplay that lacks a single original idea.
09/18/04
[It] reminds us how much fun the movies are supposed to be.
09/17/04
Though the exercise is ultimately empty, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow must be seen to be disbelieved, so off you go.
09/17/04
Sure, this is comic book stuff, but that doesn’t mean that the actors should be saddled with wooden dialog and two-dimensional characters.
09/17/04
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is pretty. It’s very pretty. If that sounds like damning with faint praise, you’ve read it right.
09/17/04
If the glorious surprise offered up by Wizard of Oz was depicting a world beyond material reality,the agreeable gimmick of Sky Captain is its imitation of what's come before.
09/17/04
Requires much suspension of disbelief on the audience’s part, but the story is not involving enough for us to ever forget we’re watching a movie.
09/17/04
The recent film it closely evokes is no sci-fi blockbuster but "The Saddest Music in the World" by Guy Maddin, another filmmaker obsessed with silent and Expressionist cinema.
09/17/04
A clever parlor trick but a dull movie.
09/17/04
Top CriticIt's a dream of a movie from which a certain kind of movie lover will never want to awake.
09/17/04
With its silky textures and fluffed up fake-studio imagery, Sky Captain is like a big warm pillow that threatens to smother you in downy gorgeousness.
09/17/04
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