Race to Witch Mountain Critic Reviews

It's entertaining with a crafty mixture of action, humor and drama.Read the full review

The planet-hopping children have special talents -- telekinesis, telepathy etc. -- although it is the high-wattage lovability of Mr Rock that's the real superpower on display here.Read the full review

Strikes a deft balance of chase-movie suspense and wisecracking humor, with a few slam-bang action setpieces that would shame the makers of more allegedly grown-up genre fare.Read the full review

A fast and furious (yes "fast and furious" in that way) wild ride of a movie in which the good guys are good (some of them really, really good), the bad guys are good (very scary good) and the car chases (around a thousand of them by my count, though it was hard to keep track with all the screeching tires and twisted metal) are pretty spectacular.Read the full review

I think Dwayne Johnson has a likable screen presence and is a good choice for an innocuous family entertainment like this.Read the full review

Race to Witch Mountain has Johnson, who lifts the script above its conventional cat-and-mouse stratagems with his buoyant wiseacre timing.Read the full review

Modest and diverting, rough and bland, with some good (if not quite Bette Davis caliber) actors and so-so special effects.Read the full review

Director Andy Fickman, who previously blanded Johnson up in "The Game Plan," has fashioned the film into a one-size-fits-all, action-packed special-effects extravaganza for the whole family.Read the full review

This is not a story that cries out to be remade every 15-20 years. And, while the special effects and acting are getting better, the story isn't.Read the full review