2010: The Year We Make Contact Reviews
Antagony & Ecstasy
A much slicker, studio-friendly job than the first one was, with its much more famous cast, and its easier aesthetic.
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| Original Score: 5/10
Juicy Cerebellum
Horrible sequel to the classic 2001.
| Original Score: 1/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
2001 was dull and mystifying. This is just dull.
| Original Score: 2/5
A lot of care has gone into it, but it has no satirical substructure to match that of the Kubrick film, and which was eventually responsible for that film's continuing popularity.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Film Freak Central
What is 2010 but a conservative Cold War "message" flick.
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| Original Score: 1/4
TIME Magazine
Top CriticFlash: There is intelligent life in outer space. More, anyway, than in this amiable footnote of a movie.
A good-looking, sharp-edged, entertaining, exciting space opera.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Now that enough time has elapsed since the release of 2010 for outraged 2001 fans to calm down, it can be seen that, while there was no decisive creative reason for Hyams' sequel to exist, it's not a bad movie.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Scheider does a fine job in an above average film.
| Original Score: 4/5
eFilmCritic.com
Not nearly the addicting mind-trip that "2001" is, but not half-bad in its own right.
| Original Score: 3/5
Moviehole
A wholly thrilling, beautifully shot sequel to a sci-fi classic
| Original Score: 3/5
Spirituality and Practice
A wondrous piece of science fiction.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Movie Metropolis
...a good, well-made, tightly-knit, nicely-acted science-fiction sequel, yet one that clearly lacks the vision and scope of its illustrious predecessor.
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| Original Score: 7/10
