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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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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.
Matthew Lucas
Rich people live in space so that poor people don't make them feel bad. June 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Rich people live in space so that poor people don't make them feel bad.
Cameron Ward
This is a heavy-handed piece of work that is not very imaginative, taking spare parts of other (and better) films in the genre. April 9, 2019 | Rating: C | Full Review…
This is a heavy-handed piece of work that is not very imaginative, taking spare parts of other (and better) films in the genre.
Micheal Compton
Blomkamp hasn't disappointed. Once again weaving an original narrative with impressive visuals, Elysium proves to be a fine sophomore effort. March 2, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Blomkamp hasn't disappointed. Once again weaving an original narrative with impressive visuals, Elysium proves to be a fine sophomore effort.
Amon Warmann
Part of the problem with Elysium is that writer-director Neill Blomkamp takes everything to such dramatic extremes that there is no time to consider or include moral ambiguity, or the real reason such a flawed and biased system continues to exist. February 25, 2019 | Full Review…
Part of the problem with Elysium is that writer-director Neill Blomkamp takes everything to such dramatic extremes that there is no time to consider or include moral ambiguity, or the real reason such a flawed and biased system continues to exist.
Molly Templeton
Elysium is big and bombastic, but it doesn't live up to its potential. January 25, 2019 | Full Review…
Elysium is big and bombastic, but it doesn't live up to its potential.
Nathalia Aryani
In the futuristic socialist saga Elysium, the audience pretty much are drawn to the similar Blomkamp blueprint - an elaborate and exquisite sci-fi entertainment drenched in visual wonderment with a meditative message about social inequality. November 17, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
In the futuristic socialist saga Elysium, the audience pretty much are drawn to the similar Blomkamp blueprint - an elaborate and exquisite sci-fi entertainment drenched in visual wonderment with a meditative message about social inequality.
Frank Ochieng
Smart late summer action film? Try the next apocalypse. November 16, 2018 | Full Review…
Smart late summer action film? Try the next apocalypse.
Tara Thorne
The normally brilliant Foster phones in a robotic, paper-thin performance, adding little complexity to an already rudimentary plot. All in all, the movie's just pretty good. November 6, 2018 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
The normally brilliant Foster phones in a robotic, paper-thin performance, adding little complexity to an already rudimentary plot. All in all, the movie's just pretty good.
Debbie Baldwin
Elysium benefits from [Neil] Blomkamp's staunch determination to use his fantastical setting in service of a personal story with a human heart. November 2, 2018 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Elysium benefits from [Neil] Blomkamp's staunch determination to use his fantastical setting in service of a personal story with a human heart.
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