Surrogates
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: September 25, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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7
Mixed:
9
Negative:
5
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80
Time OutKeith Uhlich
What follows is pulp made near-profound through director Jonathan Mostow’s sure-handed guidance. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
There's fun robot stuff, some good philosophical ideas, and a brief, nutty Willis-Ving Rhames reunion 15 years after "Pulp Fiction." Read full review
75
New York PostKyle Smith
Among cheesy sci-fi movies meant to make you think, I'll take Surrogates over "District 9." Both are highly derivative, but in the course of recombining the basic chromosomes of "Blade Runner," "The Matrix" and especially "I, Robot," Surrogates nudges the robo-thriller in an interesting direction. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
This represesents the smartest high-budget, high-profile science fiction film to have come along in quite some time. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Mostow's smart speculative suspenser imagines a time when people can live through ideal versions of themselves while they sit wired up at home. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Surrogates stays afloat by not taking itself too seriously, but also by recognizing that a movie about robots shouldn't look as if it were made by one. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Surrogates is entertaining and ingenious, but it settles too soon for formula. Read full review
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