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After the heady sci-fi thrills of District 9, Elysium is a bit of a comedown for director Neill Blomkamp, but on its own terms, it delivers just often enough to satisfy.
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Any thematic audacity is snuffed out by action sequences that you can now buy at Dollar General. January 3, 2014 | Full Review…
Any thematic audacity is snuffed out by action sequences that you can now buy at Dollar General.
Wesley Morris
Just as the creation of a future nightmare, one that disturbingly resembles the world we already know, Elysium is masterful - definitely worth seeing. August 23, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Just as the creation of a future nightmare, one that disturbingly resembles the world we already know, Elysium is masterful - definitely worth seeing.
David Sexton
You don't know where to look next, or to listen, in this movie. Every actor seems to have come from a different rehearsal room. August 22, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
You don't know where to look next, or to listen, in this movie. Every actor seems to have come from a different rehearsal room.
Nigel Andrews
Once the narrative grinds into gear ... the film's distinctive quality is lost. August 22, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Once the narrative grinds into gear ... the film's distinctive quality is lost.
Peter Bradshaw
A confident sidestep from District 9 rather than an ambitious leap forward, Elysium confirms Blomkamp as an expert genre director. Question is now: can he become more? August 22, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A confident sidestep from District 9 rather than an ambitious leap forward, Elysium confirms Blomkamp as an expert genre director. Question is now: can he become more?
Jonathan Crocker
In lesser hands, Elysium might have played like a Lib Dem manifesto with extra spaceships, but the South African filmmaker wants to explore ideas, not wave placards, and whether or not you agree with the film's politics, the fire in its belly is catching. August 21, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
In lesser hands, Elysium might have played like a Lib Dem manifesto with extra spaceships, but the South African filmmaker wants to explore ideas, not wave placards, and whether or not you agree with the film's politics, the fire in its belly is catching.
Robbie Collin
Never crash lands despite appearing constantly on the verge of doing so. September 7, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4.0 | Full Review…
Never crash lands despite appearing constantly on the verge of doing so.
Richard Propes
As much as many of the most powerful works of science fiction serve as allegory, in the case of Elysium, the message is so blunt, so domineering, that it not only distracts from the story and characters, it actively hinders them. July 8, 2020 | Rating: C | Full Review…
As much as many of the most powerful works of science fiction serve as allegory, in the case of Elysium, the message is so blunt, so domineering, that it not only distracts from the story and characters, it actively hinders them.
Brent McKnight
"Elysium" handles the rich versus poor social commentary with an easy hand ... The third act just feels more "studio" than I expected from Blomkamp's sophomore effort. June 30, 2020 | Full Review…
"Elysium" handles the rich versus poor social commentary with an easy hand ... The third act just feels more "studio" than I expected from Blomkamp's sophomore effort.
Damond Fudge
Unfortunately, some extreme overacting from supporting characters and the wafer-thin characterizations of the villains undermine any sort of gravitas Blomkamp hoped to achieve. November 19, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Unfortunately, some extreme overacting from supporting characters and the wafer-thin characterizations of the villains undermine any sort of gravitas Blomkamp hoped to achieve.
David Harris
First things first: Jodie Foster is officially no longer a two-time Oscar winner. There's no way anyone can do what she just did in Elysium and get to keep golden bookends. August 27, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
First things first: Jodie Foster is officially no longer a two-time Oscar winner. There's no way anyone can do what she just did in Elysium and get to keep golden bookends.
Ryan Syrek
The action sequences are so frenetically edited that they lack cohesion, leaving the film without a narrative drive. June 8, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
The action sequences are so frenetically edited that they lack cohesion, leaving the film without a narrative drive.
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