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Technically brilliant and emotionally wrenching, District 9 has action, imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic.
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The wonder is that despite its obvious roots, District 9 feels staggeringly original. June 17, 2015 | Full Review…
The wonder is that despite its obvious roots, District 9 feels staggeringly original.
Jeannette Catsoulis
It's a brashly confident debut, full of sharp, inventive detail (the prawns are crazy for cat food) and rooted in a couple of Big Ideas. Well worth the time, if not all of it. August 25, 2014 | Full Review…
It's a brashly confident debut, full of sharp, inventive detail (the prawns are crazy for cat food) and rooted in a couple of Big Ideas. Well worth the time, if not all of it.
Tom Charity
District 9 has too many gory vaporizations to qualify as a serious statement on race relations, but it does outclank Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen by a wide margin, and you thrill to the cleanly cut action sequences. November 17, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
District 9 has too many gory vaporizations to qualify as a serious statement on race relations, but it does outclank Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen by a wide margin, and you thrill to the cleanly cut action sequences.
Joshua Rothkopf
What the sci-fi action flick District 9 lacks in famous faces it makes up for with sheer imagination. July 6, 2010 | Full Review…
What the sci-fi action flick District 9 lacks in famous faces it makes up for with sheer imagination.
Rafer Guzman
You don't feel bamboozled, fooled, or patronized by District 9, as you did by most of the summer blockbusters. You feel winded, shaken, and shamed. September 7, 2009 | Full Review…
You don't feel bamboozled, fooled, or patronized by District 9, as you did by most of the summer blockbusters. You feel winded, shaken, and shamed.
Anthony Lane
Perhaps we're witnessing a new dawn for politically engaged sci-fi and horror, with Blomkamp as a latter-day George Romero. Either way, this is a stunningly impressive debut. September 4, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Perhaps we're witnessing a new dawn for politically engaged sci-fi and horror, with Blomkamp as a latter-day George Romero. Either way, this is a stunningly impressive debut.
Tom Huddlestone
FEELS oppressed and this oppression permeates virtually every single minute of the film's 112-minute runtime. September 6, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0 | Full Review…
FEELS oppressed and this oppression permeates virtually every single minute of the film's 112-minute runtime.
Richard Propes
It's a genuinely impressive debut feature and unlike the singular experience of Cloverfield's faux-reality, District 9 has narrative, plus thematic weight and visceral thrills, which elevate it above the gimmick of the reality format. October 29, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
It's a genuinely impressive debut feature and unlike the singular experience of Cloverfield's faux-reality, District 9 has narrative, plus thematic weight and visceral thrills, which elevate it above the gimmick of the reality format.
Nikki Baughan
It is without a doubt that District 9 will be a hit. October 9, 2019 | Full Review…
It is without a doubt that District 9 will be a hit.
David Harris
Copley is never a believable protagonist, and his transformation isn't very believable. About the only interesting cast members are the CGI aliens. May 16, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Copley is never a believable protagonist, and his transformation isn't very believable. About the only interesting cast members are the CGI aliens.
Micheal Compton
If someone asked me what I could offer them to convey the "mission statement" of science fiction, I would hand over a copy of District 9 without thought. January 14, 2019 | Full Review…
If someone asked me what I could offer them to convey the "mission statement" of science fiction, I would hand over a copy of District 9 without thought.
Emily Asher-Perrin
Part found footage (or just footage), part mockumentary, part satire and part action; Blomkamp pulls it into a coherent, moving, violent, sci fi allegory. Copley is terrific as Wikus moving from species-ist opportunist to a genuine if gormless redemption. December 17, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Part found footage (or just footage), part mockumentary, part satire and part action; Blomkamp pulls it into a coherent, moving, violent, sci fi allegory. Copley is terrific as Wikus moving from species-ist opportunist to a genuine if gormless redemption.
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