Transcendence
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: April 17, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 45 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
27
Negative:
10
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38
Slant MagazineEric HendersonApr 17, 2014
If you programmed an algorithm to figure out how The Lawnmower Man might be retold by Snake Plissken at the conclusion of Escape from L.A., you'd still wind up with a more recognizably human effort. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreApr 16, 2014
This thoughtful but windy and winded sci-fi thriller shortchanges the science – understandably - and the thrills. The directing debut of “Dark Knight” cinematographer Wally Pfister is a mopey affair with indifferent performances, heartless romance and dull action. It transcends nothing. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanApr 17, 2014
The real trouble with Transcendence is that it just isn’t all that scary — at least not in the way that it wants to be. Read full review
33
The PlaylistCharlie SchmidlinApr 16, 2014
Jack Paglen’s script casts artificial intelligence and its dangers as the central trouble for its ensemble cast, but Pfister chooses to explore it in essentially a two-hour “getting ready” montage. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 24, 2014
All I can cull is: don't mess with Mother Nature and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Fortune-cookie stuff. Erase All. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezApr 17, 2014
Transcendence is "Her" for dummies. Read full review
25
New York PostLou LumenickApr 16, 2014
Lethargic direction, bland visuals, credulity-straining plotting and tin-eared dialogue turn even pros like Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany and Morgan Freeman into sleepwalking bores. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedApr 16, 2014
A pointless nightmare of pretentious science fiction twaddle with no plot, no coherence and no heart. Read full review
20
The TelegraphTim RobeyApr 24, 2014
Transcendence is the worst, most portentous, and certainly the silliest big-budget science fiction film since the 2008 Keanu Reeves remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 17, 2014
Ambitious to a fault, this cautionary fantasy about artificial intelligence has so much on its muddled mind, and so little sense of dramatic grounding, that it grows ever more preposterous before lurching to a climax that's utterly unfathomable. Read full review
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