Reviews for this film from our members:
- Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Chappie is a disaster, attempting to be both intellectual and endearing in equal measure and failing in equal measure.
- José Arce @ LaButaca.net [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Volvemos a la Johannesburgo de tintes verhoevenianos en una película estupenda en su disposición técnica, sencilla en su argumento y desarrollo pero empapada de una simpatía que la convierte en una muestra de ciencia-ficción muy agradable.
- Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
- Robert Cashill @ WCCO Minnesota CBS Local
- Excerpt: Radio reviews of Chappie, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Unfinished Business.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: makes the “Transformers” look charming in comparison.
- M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
- Excerpt: For the most part, Blomkamp seems content to raise [insightful] observations without providing answers, which frankly, is the same fault found in his previous features. ‘Chappie’ is more food for thought than a philosophical treatise.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: Just when the movie seems to be hitting its stride, Blomkamp and Tatchell fall back on the reliable and the expected.
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Excerpt: Chappie’ Lacks Focus, And Not Even Fighting Robots Can Fully Save It
- Panagiotis (Pete) Gkaris @ www.moviesltd.gr [Greek]
- Hugo Gomes @ http://cinematograficamentefalando.blogs.sapo.pt [Portuguese]
- Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: Writer/director Neil Blomkamp’s third sci-fi feature, ‘Chappie,’ is an innovative look at artificial intelligence, though it’s not without its flaws.
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Neill Blomkamp’s stylish heavy-metal hardward short-circuits into chaos.
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: A morally muddled mess that is convoluted in plot and appallingly simplistic in its themes. I am a sad geek today.
- Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Excerpt: This colossal misfire is the 30 second scene from Short Circuit 2 where the bad guys beat the snot out of Johnny Five extended into two hours
- Ben Kendrick @ Screen Rant
- Excerpt: Chappie succeeds in Blomkamp’s principle goal: exploring a heightened version of childhood development told through the lens of gritty science-fiction and gangster stereotypes.
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Seemingly derivative in concept, “Chappie” is best when blending the weird and unexpected into its execution, but even a little of those elements go a long, long way. Meet Die Antwoord.
- Oktay Kozak @ Oregon Herald
- Jared Mobarak @ BuffaloVibe
- Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
- Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: The technological breakthrough of a sentient robot that can think and feel emotions is upstaged by the ghetto antics of South African rap duo Die Antwoord in Chappie, the latest piece of thoughtful science fiction filmmaking from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp.
- Tom Santilli @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: Chappie (opening today), simply put, is crappy. It is the Robocop/Short Circuit cross-over that no one was asking for or wanted.
- Amir Siregar @ Flick Magazine [Indonesian]
- Sarah Ward @ Trespass Magazine
