Reviews for this film from our members:
- [New – 11/14] | Dragan Antulov @ Draxblog VI [Croatian]
- Jason Bailey @ Flavorwire
- Luke Bonanno @ DVDizzy.com
- Excerpt: Even through the obligatory action climax, the film’s execution is involving, cinematic, and picturesque, on par with Cruise’s two Spielberg movies.
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: People who need anything remotely resembling an emotional anchor in their movies had best look elsewhere.
- Daniel Carlson @ Pajiba
- Kevin Carr @ 7M Pictures
- Excerpt: On one hand, it was a visual masterpiece. On the other hand, it was a sad disappointment.
- Stephen Carty @ Flix Capacitor
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: …Kosinksi’s story is such a mishmash of those that have come before, everything from “WALL*E” to “Star Wars” to “Total Recall” to “An Affair to Remember,” that instead of becoming immersed in it, it becomes a game of spot the reference.
- Edwin Davies @ A Mighty Fine Blog
- Excerpt: It would be easy to dismiss Oblivion as derivative, largely because it is.
- Carlos del Río @ El rincón de Carlos del Río [Spanish]
- Excerpt: La película está basada en una novela gráfica no publicada del director, y aunque visualmente está muy cuidada, tiene la misma emoción que ver creer el césped y la misma coherencia que el discurso de un político.
- Jim Dixon @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: Rod Serling would have loved “Oblivion.” Joseph Kosinksi’s new sci-fi thriller is based on a graphic novel treatment, but its roots go all the way back to “The Twilight Zone.” Kosinski, who previously directed, but didn’t write, “TRON: Legacy,” has made a much more interesting movie here, with a much smarter script.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: Here is a very fine-looking movie with a simple premise that continually gets bogged down by each new and underdeveloped detail of its plot.
- Candice Frederick @ Reel Talk
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Only charismatic Tom Cruise could elevat this derivative, exposition-heavy sci-fi into a compelling adventure.
- Vadym Grygoriev @ kinoblog.com [Ukrainian]
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Postcard pretty, unusual for a science-fiction flick, but shockingly derivative…
- Danny King @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: [Confined]…to a monotonous middle-ground in which neither the ideas nor the realization are confident enough to be considered successful.
- Oktay Ege Kozak @ Oregon Herald
- Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight
- Excerpt: As frequently as the world has been destroyed by alien invaders, it’s hard to find a feasible concept that hasn’t already been done. Instead of trying, Oblivion cribs as many of its ideas as possible from others and leaves behind a visually magnificent, but emotionally vacant story.
- Joe Lozito @ Big Picture Big Sound
- Excerpt: An ambitious, visually stunning sci-fi mind-bender that doesn’t quite live up to its lofty goals.
- Piers Marchant @ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Brent McKnight @ Giant Freakin’ Robot
- Excerpt: Oblivion is pretty, but dumb.
- Simon Miraudo @ Quickflix
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: An affectionate (if light) science-fiction throwback…
- R. Kurt Osenlund @ SouthPhillyReview.com
- Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: Meditative, slowly-paced, and gorgeous to look at, Oblivion is a frequently mesmerizing piece of work.
- Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: The movie looks great but the story is so long winded that you wish there was less of it to love.
- Diego Salgado @ Fandigital [Spanish]
- Marcio Sallem @ Em Cartaz [Portuguese]
- Amir Siregar @ Flick Magazine [Indonesian]
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Except from the visual standpoint it’s just a middle-of-theroad futuristic action picture, lacking the sense of mystery and majesty that Kubrick brought to ‘2001’–as well as a saving sense of humor.
- Jean-François Vandeuren @ Panorama-cinema.com [French]
- Phil Villarreal @ COEDMagazine.com
- Excerpt: Not bad for a movie released during the pre-summer wasteland, which is usually as bleak as the scorched earth of Oblivion.
- Pete Vonder Haar @ Houston Press
