Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | Release Date: April 15, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
11
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallApr 16, 2011
As a cinematic effort, Atlas Shrugged: Part I is competent; in service to Ayn Rand's epic novel, it's less so. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyApr 15, 2011
Speechy and preachy and just a teeny-weeny bit naughty. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 14, 2011
The story, a dystopian tale with heroes and villains and lots of triumphs and reversals, is so busy and so inherently interesting that the movie is entertaining until the finish - or the sort of finish. As only the first part of the story, Atlas Shrugged doesn't end, it stops. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyBrian MillerApr 21, 2011
The book proves proudly indigestible on film. Read full review
40
Time OutBen KenigsbergApr 12, 2011
Campy but never dull, this first of three installments ends on a fiery cliffhanger. The completion of parts two and three would represent a victory for irrationality. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyApr 10, 2011
The central battle between fearsomely independent corporate mavericks and hostile big government has been updated in a half-baked, unconvincing way that's exacerbated by button-pushing TV-style direction, threadbare production values and blah performances except for that of Taylor Schilling in the central role. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 10, 2011
Part one of a trilogy that may never see completion, this hasty, low-budget adaptation would have Ayn Rand spinning in her grave, considering how it violates the author's philosophy by allowing opportunists to exploit another's creative achievement -- in this case, hers. Read full review
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