Kon Tiki Reviews

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.

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Most everyone loves a ripping good sea yarn, so why doesn't Kon-Tiki rip?

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Part history lesson, part classic adventure tale and often stunning to watch.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

"Kon-Tiki" is stalwart and uplifting and there are passing moments of wonder.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

The film harks back to the era of "Swiss Family Robinson," when films were like well-made hospital beds, all four corners neatly tucked.

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While the wind goes out of its sails a few times along the way, this is a ravishingly photographed, old-fashioned man-against-the-elements adventure epic propelled by human-scaled heroics.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

It's a terrifically engaging throwback to the uplifting, irony-free, outdoorsy '60s Disney yarns ...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

The 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

"Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

A rousing and thoroughly enjoyable Old Hollywood-style adventure.

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The top-notch adventure tale "Kon-Tiki" is an old-fashioned entertainment, complete with a lead who physically recalls Peter O'Toole in "Lawrence of Arabia."

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

One of the goals of a great outdoor epic is to keep you breathless with wonder. Technically, dramatically and cinematically awesome, Kon-Tiki delivers in spades.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

The film's message is sometimes clouded by sentiment, but mainly, we're told to follow our heads and our sextants, a good thing to hear on occasion.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

A visually impeccable, professionally crafted modern vessel that lacks any of the patched-together soul of its subject.

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Thor Heyerdahl's legendary rafting expedition gets glossy treatment in this handsome but underwhelming action-adventure.

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