Push

Summit Entertainment | Release Date: February 6, 2009

6.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 199 Ratings

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SuperheroMoviesOct 2, 2013

While the action scenes are certainly flashy, the film is filled to the brim with lethargic performances, drab dialogue, and a plot line that's painfully inconsistent and short on rationality.

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back2schoolbooJul 21, 2011

Is this the worst movie I've ever seen? Probably. I was hopelessly confused throughout. One minute, Dakota Fanning is drunk, and the next minute, some guys are shattering people's eardrums by screeching incredibly loud. It's just anIs this the worst movie I've ever seen? Probably. I was hopelessly confused throughout. One minute, Dakota Fanning is drunk, and the next minute, some guys are shattering people's eardrums by screeching incredibly loud. It's just an overly strange movie with no substance whatsoever. It's boring, stupid, and nothing but a waste of time.… Expand

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LandFMay 6, 2012

What a mess! Push is easily one of the worst action films I've ever seen! Between flat and unlikable characters to dull action, Push gets just about everything wrong. It's campy, it's silly, and painfully un-watchable. Push is much moreWhat a mess! Push is easily one of the worst action films I've ever seen! Between flat and unlikable characters to dull action, Push gets just about everything wrong. It's campy, it's silly, and painfully un-watchable. Push is much more confusing than it needs to be. In the end, it's just about a group of people trying to get a case before the "bad guys" get it. Put less simply, it's about people with a range of psychic abilities who are in a race against The Division (a powerful government that "rules" these superior beings) to find a case that contains a "billion dollar secret." The plot makes much less sense on film. In specific, the plot follows a man named Nick (Chris Evans), who is just out of his teen years, and still doesn't really have a good grip on his ability (levitation). He meets a girl named Cassie (Dakota Fanning) who convinces him (sort of) to join her on a quest to find the case. Cassie herself is a "watcher," someone who can see into the future. She draws what she sees, and based on what she sees, Cassie and Nick may not survive this adventure. As I mentioned previously, the plot is much more complicated on film. None of the abilities in Push are very cool, and none are very original. We get people who can levitate, people who can see into the future, people who can control your mind, etc. These are all things we've seen before. Been there, done that. The one new ability that Push has made is....screaming. Yes, believe it or not, Push's only innovative ability is the ability to scream. Granted, it's a scream that can destroy structures, people, etc., but in the end, it's just some creepy Asian guy screaming like a maniac. It's stupid and campy. And as if that wasn't bad enough, there are THREE villains with this ability. Push also doesn't know what kind of a movie it wants to be. Does it want to be a light, comedic action flick? A hard, heavy, end of the world film? Maybe an intelligent heist film? Push, unsuccessfully, attempts to do all three. As if I have to say it; this really doesn't work. The acting, though not awful, never gets much better than mediocre. And early on, the acting even seems a little clunky. As if Push isn't already bad off, it also suffers from an overwhelming number of obvious plot holes. And there is little characters development, if any. Most of the characters don't even have a definitive personality. The action scenes are usually brief, with no actual fights occurring. Just someone getting beat up, with a victor we can already predict. There are few exceptions. During the end, we get a long, action filled climax, but it's more tedious than exciting. And beware, the ending is a major cop-out. The one positive thing I can say about Push (aside from it's vaguely unique premise), is it's skilled editing. It shows snippets of future events than goes back to the past. The editing is just very well done, I'll give it that. Push is campy, tedious, cheesy, confusing, and stupid. It tries to be three different films at once, and character development is omitted entirely. Plot holes abound, action scenes are dull. Outside of camp value, Push has few redeeming qualities.… Expand

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natemediaFeb 18, 2012

This is one of the dumbest movies I have ever seen, It was so dumb that I turned it off. Save yourself 2 hours of your life and don't watch this movie, the script was absolutely horrible, and the acting was bad.

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NickZ.Feb 8, 2009

Embarrassingly bad. I'd compare this to Ultra Violet (the movie).

2 of 3 users found this helpful

MarianaDec 7, 2009

The worst movie I've ever seen in my life.

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ChrisV.Feb 11, 2009

Steaming pile of garbage. The plot, if you could call it that, was ridiculous. Question: If the scream can kill then why aren't the screamer's associates affected too? I gave this a 1 because it is actually better than the last Steaming pile of garbage. The plot, if you could call it that, was ridiculous. Question: If the scream can kill then why aren't the screamer's associates affected too? I gave this a 1 because it is actually better than the last batch of stupid sci-fi films to come out of hollywood.… Expand

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ChuckB.Feb 15, 2009

Flatly terrible. Absolutely listen to the critics, and then take 10 more points off. It's an illogical, poorly paced mess that comes off like a badly attempted pickup line, devoid of conviction and follow-through in almost every Flatly terrible. Absolutely listen to the critics, and then take 10 more points off. It's an illogical, poorly paced mess that comes off like a badly attempted pickup line, devoid of conviction and follow-through in almost every attempted angle. My favorite part was [spoiler] the ending, where Chris Evans is inexplicably locked in a car trunk while the nameless flunky carries out the glorious TK finale fight?… Expand

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SeanF.Oct 11, 2009

How can a film about people with enviable abilities such as telekinesis and future telling be so dull? This was the question circling around my head whilst watching this film. As a whole the film doesn

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kgM.Feb 9, 2009

Simply awful, incoherent, and you don

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LauraSFeb 6, 2009

The plot was so bad it was laughable. I found myself wanting something to explode to try to keep entertained, but even the explosions were not enough to make this movie watchable. It took everything I had to stay throughout the whole thing, The plot was so bad it was laughable. I found myself wanting something to explode to try to keep entertained, but even the explosions were not enough to make this movie watchable. It took everything I had to stay throughout the whole thing, though I should have left with some of the other people in the theatre half way through. Awful… Expand

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AgentZSep 30, 2019

Push is a terrible comic book movie starring Chris Evans. It's easily the worst comic book movie he has ever been in. It is such a boring movie that pretty much just goes nowhere and has uninteresting characters. The plot is very confusing.Push is a terrible comic book movie starring Chris Evans. It's easily the worst comic book movie he has ever been in. It is such a boring movie that pretty much just goes nowhere and has uninteresting characters. The plot is very confusing. Not much goes on in this film. I first watched it on SyFy a few weeks ago and it was a total waste of an hour and fortyish minutes of my life I'll never get back. I don't know why some people say this film is underrated, it's just plain terrible and got the reception it deserved from most film critics. Nothing about this film is underrated. I fell asleep during the second act cause the film was just so, so, so boring. The last scene in Push was very, very, very anti-climatic. Push is a stupid, slow-paced, terrible, boring, confusing, and sleep-inducing snooze-fest that tries to be cool but just ends up being lame.… Expand

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