TRON: Legacy
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: December 17, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
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13
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22
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovDec 15, 2010
There's absolutely no shortage of stunning eye candy in this spiffy, sexy, and frequently thrilling sequel to Disney's 1982 game-changer Tron. There is, however, a certain lack of connectivity between the digitally enhanced characters onscreen and the user – excuse me, "audience" – in the flesh. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondDec 7, 2010
On the heels of another revelatory turn in True Grit, Bridges is sensational again, here in a groundbreaking performance. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesDec 16, 2010
The special effects are incredible, blah blah blah, but oddly, the most effective element here is the original movie's striking visual design-everything pitch black except for the luminescent piping on the costumes and foreground objects-which was inspired by the primitive arcade games of the early 80s. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDec 15, 2010
Tron: Legacy, a sequel made 28 years after the original but with the same actor, is true to the first film: It also can't be understood, but looks great. Both films, made so many years apart, can fairly lay claim to being state of the art. This time that includes the use of 3-D. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDec 15, 2010
The sequel, more successfully (if less innocently), injects you into a luminous technological wonderland and asks you to be happy with the ride. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle SmithDec 17, 2010
An eyeball party. The score by Daft Punk, which veers from homages to Hans Zimmer's thundery work in "The Dark Knight" to a retro-'80s synth sound, surpasses magnificence. Read full review
63
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreDec 15, 2010
Like "Avatar," "Legacy" is a film too in love with its own good looks. And like the original "TRON," the sequel's a bit of a slog. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDec 15, 2010
They had 28 years, and this is the best they could come up with? Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversDec 17, 2010
Bridges has a fine time playing with himself, so to speak. Add Garrett Hedlund as Flynn's son Sam, the rebel who zaps himself into the server to find his lost dad, and director Joseph Kosinski has a recipe for adventure that should delight gamers. Non-techies are on their own. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsDec 16, 2010
It's a triumph of streamlined design, but TRON: Legacy never enters the fourth dimension where it's worth a plugged nickel to humans. Read full review
67
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDec 17, 2010
When director Joseph Kosinski flips the switch on action, TRON: Legacy is entertaining enough. Especially in 3D IMAX, with a mega-audio system booming Deft Punk's droning Xbox-ready musical score, nearly drowning out the collisions. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyDec 17, 2010
With a curiously stubborn kind of integrity, Tron: Legacy follows what did and didn't work the first time – another weak story with sub-B-movie dialogue, partly compensated for by intensely conceived geometric design and special effects. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. HobermanDec 14, 2010
Given the movie's graphic pizzazz, the best hippie wisdom Bridges might offer the viewer is: Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream. Read full review
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