Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Critic Reviews
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Based upon 15 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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The movie is like one of those newfangled Vegas casinos, where what appears to be open sky is really painted ceiling. What's initially dazzling becomes stifling.Read the full review
Worse, the story is so thin and clichéd, it seems as if a computer wrote the screenplay and a robot directed it.Read the full review
70% style and 30% substance. It has a plot and characters, but those are almost beside the point. Read the full review
The best way to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- if you see it at all -- is as an interesting experiment that failed.Read the full review
As an imaginative visual experience, there's nothing like it. Today, at least. Read the full review
A lovingly rendered visual treat struggles with indifferent direction and torpid plot.Read the full review
Sky Captain is a gorgeous, funny, and welcome novelty. Read the full review
This is a sophisticated movie, but one whose sophistication is surprisingly simple-minded. Read the full review
It's a gimmick, it's not a movie. Read the full review
In its heedless energy and joy, it reminded me of how I felt the first time I saw "Raiders of the Lost Ark." It's like a film that escaped from the imagination directly onto the screen, without having to pass through reality along the way.Read the full review
