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24 out of 100

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2.6 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 30 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Edward Burns
  • Summary: Based on a short story by award-winning author Ray Bradbury, A Sound of Thunder opens on the year 2055 in downtown Chicago where a very elite travel agency, Time Safari Inc., has cornered the lucrative time-traveling market with an exclusive prehistoric hunting package. Time Safari Inc. is the hottest ticket in town -- until the unthinkable happens. Someone breaks the rules. And evolution runs off its tracks. (Warner Bros.)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 26
  3. Negative: 17 out of 26
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    An old formula made fresh.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    60
    A guilty pleasure diversion. Yeah, it is dumber than a bag of hair. But it is also fast, occasionally funny and genuinely entertaining in an old-fashion no-brainer manner.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    Burns doesn't even bother to disguise his New York accent, any more than he does his boredom.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 13 out of 21
  1. JadeS
    7
    Yes, the CGI wasn't exactly 'up to date' or that good, However a lot of people seem to be forgetting that this movie is based on a well written short story. One that I personally love. I wanted to see the story in front of me, not just imagine what it may or may not have looked like. This movie did that for me, and overall I'm pretty happy about that.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Sam
    5
    Perhaps if the special effects weren't so subliminaly awful and actually attempted to look like something other than atrocioius claymation, we could have had a decent movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MyPuddle
    2
    Ray Bradbury's stories may be some of the hardest to adapt into movies, but that is no excuse for the horrible CGI effects, and the extremely unimaginative adaptation of this story into a movie. This is barely better than the other, older movie adaptations of Ray Bradbury's works. The problem is not the original story, no, it was a great story, but unfortunately it was adapted into a movie by an unimaginative or uninterested cast. Fans of Ray Bradbury and Ray Bradbury himself would probably be dissapointed to see such a simple, cliched version of such a wonderful story.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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