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B- |
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| Story: |
A |
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| Acting: |
B+ |
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| Direction: |
C |
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| Visuals: |
B |
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Strangely unsatisfying
by Victoria (movies profile)
Mar 24, 2008
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If you know the basic plot because you've seen one of the three other versions of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", you know the story here is strong. Unfortunately, this movie doesn't live up to the story. For a movie that should be all paranoia and suspense, it was a remarkably gentle ride. I think I was actually scared once the entire film. It wasn't unpleasant to watch, just no where near as good as it should be. Also, the director does this strange trick of doing "flash forwards" of the action sequences, instead of actually doing the action sequence. I don't know if this was to save time or what, but it didn't work.
I just noticed that this movie is PG-13, which may be the problem. Thrillers which are PG-13 tend to have the fun sucked out of them. |
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