Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Critic Reviews

The story is nuts-and-bolts space opera, without the intelligence and daring of, say, Steven Spielberg's ''A.I.'' But the look of the film is revolutionary. Final Fantasy is a technical milestone, like the first talkies or 3-D movies.Read the full review

May not tell a great story, but it's a great wow.Read the full review

Despite its conceptual shortfall, is worth seeing, if only to update yourself on what can emerge from a keyboard these days.Read the full review

Tends to be lugubrious.Read the full review

Moviegoers accustomed to Hollywood action probably won't find this contemplative adventure so appealing.Read the full review

But the film exerts a hold. The crux is: for how long?Read the full review

As computer game-derived features go, it sure beats "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider."Read the full review

The film's plot gets so convoluted no nongamer older than 14 will be able to follow it all.Read the full review

The lip movements of the animated figures are slightly slow, so you feel as if you're watching a badly dubbed Japanese creature feature from the 1960's. The dialogue is almost as stilted, and after a while you drift into that half-dream state that inert movies can create.Read the full review