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While John Carter looks terrific and delivers its share of pulpy thrills, it also suffers from uneven pacing and occasionally incomprehensible plotting and characterization.
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A mess. March 26, 2012
A mess.
David Denby
As one of Pixar's star players, Stanton is an experienced cinematic storyteller, which is why it's disappointing that his first live-action project is so unwieldy at times. March 16, 2012 | Rating: 2.1/2 | Full Review…
As one of Pixar's star players, Stanton is an experienced cinematic storyteller, which is why it's disappointing that his first live-action project is so unwieldy at times.
Leonard Maltin
Stanton should go back to making machines talk. He puts much more humanity into them than he manages to extract from Burroughs, even with all that nostalgia working for him. March 9, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Stanton should go back to making machines talk. He puts much more humanity into them than he manages to extract from Burroughs, even with all that nostalgia working for him.
Sandra Hall
There's a delightfully unfashionable cheesiness about John Carter, a film for all the family, but in particular sci-fi fantasy geeks and older gentlemen who have never been able to relinquish the spiffing derring-do of Burroughs. March 9, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There's a delightfully unfashionable cheesiness about John Carter, a film for all the family, but in particular sci-fi fantasy geeks and older gentlemen who have never been able to relinquish the spiffing derring-do of Burroughs.
Kate Muir
The most indelible performance in the film is not, strictly speaking, a performance at all. Rather it is Woola, a six-legged Martian hound who rather resembles a cross between a bulldog and a fetal gila monster. March 9, 2012 | Full Review…
The most indelible performance in the film is not, strictly speaking, a performance at all. Rather it is Woola, a six-legged Martian hound who rather resembles a cross between a bulldog and a fetal gila monster.
Christopher Orr
The reported $250 million price tag for John Carter gives one pause. I suppose one could argue that masterpieces have no price. Then again, John Carter is no masterpiece. March 9, 2012 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
The reported $250 million price tag for John Carter gives one pause. I suppose one could argue that masterpieces have no price. Then again, John Carter is no masterpiece.
Peter Rainer
It has the all the things you want out of the big summertime release with adventure, a cool hero, an interesting love interest, and big-time effects. January 11, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…
It has the all the things you want out of the big summertime release with adventure, a cool hero, an interesting love interest, and big-time effects.
Julian Lytle
All together, John Carter is fun to watch and pretty to look at - just don't expect too much besides that. December 9, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
All together, John Carter is fun to watch and pretty to look at - just don't expect too much besides that.
Katie Smith-Wong
This misunderstood and reverent spectacle was a victim of youthful ignorance more than bad marketing November 7, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This misunderstood and reverent spectacle was a victim of youthful ignorance more than bad marketing
Don Shanahan
...unless you're still looking forward to puberty, you should avoid John Carter. July 31, 2019 | Full Review…
...unless you're still looking forward to puberty, you should avoid John Carter.
Brian D. Johnson
As to the best aspects of John Carter, it is first and foremost a joy to watch visually. July 29, 2019 | Full Review…
As to the best aspects of John Carter, it is first and foremost a joy to watch visually.
Leslie Combemale
It's the kind of movie that reminds us why we go to the movies, a kind of filmmaking that some may call naive or outdated, but I would call timeless. John Carter is the real deal. June 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's the kind of movie that reminds us why we go to the movies, a kind of filmmaking that some may call naive or outdated, but I would call timeless. John Carter is the real deal.
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