Kon Tiki Reviews
Examiner.com
"Kon-Tiki" ends up being a little underwhelming, lacking the strength that such a story deserves. There are parts of it that work pretty well, but sadly, more often than not, it leaves you feeling adrift.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Slant Magazine
It lacks the fire and eccentricity that we want from our stories of adventurers driven by obsessions that could be seen as egotistical or just plain bonkers.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Screen International
Kon-Tiki rarely resonates as strongly as the subject matter would suggest.
Top CriticThe men are handsome, the sea is pretty and if the sharks look as rubbery as last week's chicken, at least they add some drama - and buckets of sloshing blood and guts - to what otherwise proves a dull affair.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Film Racket
the directors feel at once enamored and burdened by the impossibility of the narrative, and spend nearly two hours trying to convince the audience it all really happened
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| Original Score: 3/5
Unfortunately, sharks and whales aren't the stars of the film, so the movie is a pretty humdrum affair when it focuses on humans, even when actors are playing characters based on real people.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Thor Heyerdahl's legendary rafting expedition gets glossy treatment in this handsome but underwhelming action-adventure.
Film Journal International
Handsomely produced but indifferently scripted account of one of the most legendary sea voyages.
Most everyone loves a ripping good sea yarn, so why doesn't Kon-Tiki rip?
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| Original Score: 2/4
The Playlist
A very enjoyable, if hardly challenging, high-seas adventure tale.
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| Original Score: B
We Got This Covered
This Scandinavian import is a lavishly constructed true-to-life epic that stands among the most thrilling and accessible films of this year's Academy Award nominations.
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| Original Score: 8/10
L.A. Weekly
Could have used a bit more blood in the water, but its crystal-clear waves are a sight to behold nevertheless.
ABC Radio (Australia)
If you're in need of a couple of bursts of all-over goosebumps, Kon-Tiki is your surest bet at the moment.
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| Original Score: 3/5
The characters don't register as much more than genre archetypes, but that doesn't spoil the fun, since the filmmakers re-create the journey in such vivid detail.
A rousing and thoroughly enjoyable Old Hollywood-style adventure.
Movie Nation
An old fashioned true life adventure yarn, old fashioned in all the best ways.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
AV Club
Although Heyerdahl's book about the expedition became an international bestseller, and the documentary he directed on the same subject won an Oscar, the anthropology field has remained stubbornly unmoved. But in Kon-Tiki, the dream is all that matters.
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| Original Score: B
Screen-Space
A handsomely-mounted human drama, epic in scope if not execution, Kon-Tiki is a worthy testament to the magnitude of the feat it portrays.
A visually impeccable, professionally crafted modern vessel that lacks any of the patched-together soul of its subject.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
The voyage features some spectacularly exciting encounters with wildlife, difficult negotiations among the men and one stunning vista after another of sunny, blue gorgeousness.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
