| 91 |
Portland Oregonian
Between the tart dialogue, the compelling lead performances, the vivid violence and the stunning cinematography, it's complete and satisfying all on its own.
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| 83 |
Entertainment Weekly
So jaunty, so limber, and so visually self-assured that art peeks through where crap has traditionally made its home.
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| 80 |
Salon.com
The movie of the season for sci-fi and horror fans.
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| 80 |
Film.com
Ferociously inventive.
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| 70 |
Film.com
It's very effective.
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| 70 |
The New York Times
Shrewdly taps into the lurking primal terrors of anyone who ever had to sleep with a night light.
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| 67 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A total guilty pleasure.
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| 66 |
Mr. Showbiz
Visually, Pitch Black is sleek and stylish in a post-apocalyptic way, and a scantily clad Radha Mitchell does a nice, more femme variation of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley.
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| 63 |
Miami Herald
Just may be the most entertainingly derivative movie of the millennium so far.
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| 63 |
New York Post
By far the best thing about Pitch Black is the cool-looking lighting and photography.
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| 63 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
The "Alien" recipe with a little imagination.
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| 60 |
Village Voice
Justine Elias
(Diesel's) Riddick, a silver-eyed, musclebound escaped killer, is the most sequel-worthy sci-fi creation since the Terminator.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
This handsomely photographed, briskly directed sci-fi fright picture is enjoyable enough on its own limited terms.
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| 50 |
Variety
Mildly scary but not particularly engaging on any other level.
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| 50 |
Chicago Sun-Times
Clever, done with skill, yet lacking in the cerebral imagination of the best science fiction.
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| 50 |
USA Today
Nothing really fun, scary or exceptionally gross occurs.
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| 50 |
Boston Globe
The B-movie is still very much with us.
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| 50 |
Chicago Reader
Stylishly realized, but its striking cinematography, nontraditional editing, and consistently reflexive use of genre conceits add up as methodically as a math problem.
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| 40 |
Dallas Observer
It's just a familiar bore, offering chills and thrills only to those who have never seen a movie before.
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| 40 |
Washington Post
You are allowed to come up with a monster we haven't seen before.
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| 40 |
Los Angeles Times
A routine sci-fi/horror action-adventure, takes us where we've been countless times before.
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| 40 |
LA Weekly
Paul Cullum
This is damaged goods from the opening Poly Gram logo.
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| 40 |
Austin Chronicle
Say what you will about the story, but Pitch Black at least looks and sounds stunning.
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| 30 |
Film.com
Quite shameless in imitating its predecessors.
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| 25 |
New York Daily News
It has a distinctive look but a few too many recycled ideas; better luck on the next crash-landing.
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| 25 |
Chicago Tribune
A rather wan version of "Jurassic Park" - a series of setups featuring humans being picked off by bigger, faster and stronger carnivores.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Examiner
Bob Stephens
The sudden cranking of the volume that makes us jump, even if we're just watching a cow chew on its cud.
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| 25 |
Baltimore Sun
Milton Kent
A gigantic mess.
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| 0 |
San Francisco Chronicle
This half-baked sci-fi horror film, filled with jerky, washed-out, highlighted, blurred and toned imagery, is a tiresome experience.
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