|
|
|
New York Times - A.O. Scott | Screenrush Barometer:  |
|
'even though it grows a little busy at times and concludes with an unfortunate and unconvincing foray into mystico-spiritual mumbo jumbo, "9" shows remarkable imagination and visual integrity' |
|
Little White Lies - Matt Bochenski | Screenrush Barometer: |
|
'The story drifts towards the mawkish without answering any of the big questions it tentatively raises.' |
|
The Independent on Sunday - Nicholas Barber | Screenrush Barometer: |
|
'The galling thing is that 9 is just a couple of rewrites away from being a cult classic.' |
|
The Sunday Times - Edward Porter | Screenrush Barometer: |
|
'These are too violent for small children, but might be enjoyed by fans of Tim Burton, one of the film's producers.' |
|
Total Film - Rosie Fletcher | Screenrush Barometer: |
|
'Great material, credible producers, top voice talent and gorgeous visuals, stitched together to make a patchwork that's less than the sum of its parts. Striking and ambitious, but worn at the seams.' |
|
Empire - Tony Horkins | Screenrush Barometer: |
|
'The apocalyptic 9 offers innovative images of a broken Earth inhabited by woven warriors battling machines. But it's more style than substance ? this mechanical tale needs a human touch.' |
|
The Observer - Philip French | Screenrush Barometer: |
|
'A combination of the cute and the cataclysmic, the film has its moments but becomes increasingly frantic and morally self-important.' |
|
The Sun - The Sneak | Screenrush Barometer: |
|
'a complete waste of time' |
|
The Independent - Robert Hanks | Screenrush Barometer: |
|
'a Disneyfied cliché, disfigured by incoherent mysticism and trite warnings about the dangers of technology' |
|
Time Out - Tom Huddleston | Screenrush Barometer: |
|
'This film will surely be remembered as an intriguing failure: a triumph of ambition over ability, of ideas over emotional resonance ? just another grim fairy tale for these troubled times.' |
|
|
|
