Only the most undiscriminating monster-pic buff will come away satisfied.
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12/06/09
The Puppet Masters (1994)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:6
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In this chilling sci-fi tale, slightly updated from author Robert A. Heinlein's book, government officials are sent to Iowa to investigate an alien landing. They discover alien beings are taking... [More]
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Stuart Orme
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Reviews for The Puppet Masters
Despite accomplished special effects and a coolly intelligent script, this paranoid thriller never follows through on its eerie promise.
12/06/09
Undiscriminating fans of the genre will probably not be terribly disappointed, but this is certainly familiar territory.
01/01/00
No review available.
09/28/05
...generally as far-fetched and overwrought as its 1950s sci-fi brethren.
01/11/07
Lacked suspense.
06/09/06
There's no suspense (ETs rampage from the word go); no frissons (loud hailers telegraph the shocks); and it's insufficiently bright to be an hommage.
02/09/06
No review available.
07/24/05
Attempts at detailed characterization don't work particularly well, and there's a love story that feels as forced as it is superfluous - although even that isn't as unnecessary as the film's final ten minutes.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis movie is so wonderfully archaic and reminiscent of 1950s alien invasion stories that one cannot help but like it -- despite rather lacklustre directing.
01/01/00
Ends up as listless and bloated as one of its dead alien visitors.
01/01/00
About as nerve-wracking as a warm bath.
01/30/06
The Puppet Masters occasionally lives up to its reputation, but the delay between story conception and celluloid conversion has clearly wilted its power and potential.
01/01/00
A choppy, unsuspenseful succession of chases, melodramatic showdowns and routine special effects.
08/30/04
Top CriticSome movies with great potential can be ruined or denied their greatness by a single detail.
05/30/03
Not bad if you can get past the "Invasion of the Plot Snatchers" set-up.
05/24/05
Robert Heinlein's 1951 novel comes to the screen in a film that takes little time away from the main plot to develop its characters, but does strike home with a story of a hard-fought battle with a fairly alien and devious enemy.
01/01/00
The special effects are low-budget, but effective. The creatures are disgustingly realistic.
03/23/03
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