Thunderbirds (2004) Critic Reviews

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USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Fun at times and tedious at others, it's an action-adventure fantasy aimed particularly at gadget-loving boys.Read the full review

Variety | David RooneyAdd Critic to Favorites

The story rarely gets fired up to "maximum thrust," to use the rocket-speed parlance of its heroes.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Abomination of a movie. Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Gregory KirschlingAdd Critic to Favorites

Without fail its upbeat cheesy wholesomeness is always good for a smile. Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

Watching a misfire like Thunderbirds illustrates how impressive the "Spy Kids" movies are. Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites

Aside from a couple of rescue set pieces that bookend it, the film is strictly low-wattage in terms of action. Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

Dreary, joyless. Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Peter HartlaubAdd Critic to Favorites

A fun afternoon for preteen moviegoers that has just enough charm, humor and game- for-anything actors to keep parents halfway interested as well.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Ray BennettAdd Critic to Favorites

Smartly written by William Osborne and Michael McCullers, Thunderbirds expertly targets kids. Yet parents won't be entirely bored. Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

A movie like this is harmless, I suppose, except for the celluloid that was killed in the process of its manufacture, but as an entertainment, it will send the kids tiptoeing through the multiplex to sneak into "Spider-Man 2."Read the full review

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