Appleseed
Allied Artists Home Video | Release Date: January 14, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
14
Negative:
3
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60
VarietyLeslie Felperin
Craft connoisseurs won't be disappointed with the splendidly executed result. However, everyone else is likely to wonder what the fuss about given the plot's dated cyborgs-and-supercomputers hijinks. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterRichard James Havis
The film has enough originality to interest demanding fans of the genre. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Whatever is lost in translation can't keep Appleseed from feeling a decade late--and its animation from looking like a relic on arrival. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
At this point, there's something almost masochistic about the way animators in Japan use cheesy ''Westernized'' heroes to fuel their fantasies. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
The characters are (hand-painted) so flat that the film looks like a paper-doll convention at Epcot. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDana Stevens
While there are some genuinely dazzling moments of visual bravura, the marriage of flatness and depth that Mr. Aramaki attempts doesn't quite work. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The stock characters and leaden stretches of expository dialogue are welcome evidence that there's still no computer program capable of telling a decent story. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Only real fans, however, will be willing to slog through the heaping helpings of incomprehensible exposition. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The film's lingering exploration of their sleek surfaces verges on roboporn. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Its busy, stiff, artificial graphics are a perfect match for its busy, stiff, artificial plot. A simple Shirow pinup parade might almost be preferable. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Much of the movie is dull, and as it has been dubbed into English, the blah-blah is impossible to ignore. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
The film's snazzy new automated animation style falls short: The supposedly human face of our metal-plated robocop's partner -- the inevitable curvy female in a leather jump suit -- is an inexpressive, glossy doll mask, untouched by human hands. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Dazzling visually but is flattened by corny dialogue better suited to the 1936 "Flash Gordon" serial, a needlessly hard to follow plot and heavy-handed exposition clotted with pseudo-scientific mumbo jumbo. Read full review
40
EmpireKim Newman
The characters might physically appear rounded, but are otherwise paper-thin. Read full review
38
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Lackluster anime. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldPeter Debruge
The visuals are really the only compelling reason to see Appleseed. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
Held back by a story and script that is often silly and confusing. Read full review
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