Critic Reviews
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New York Daily News
If August has turned the children in your life into Bored Girl and Fidget Boy, you could find worse ways to keep them entertained.
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| 42 |
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Zoom suffers from following three "X-Men" movies and "Sky High," but even if it preceded them, it'd still qualify as little more than a cheap, ugly, forgettable footnote to the seemingly endless superhero boom.
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Film Threat
Felix Vasques Jr.
"X-Men" sans the intellect and atmosphere.
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| 38 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jason Anderson
A family-friendly adventure.
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| 38 |
Boston Globe
Pure Saturday matinee kiddie fodder and this close to going straight to DVD.
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| 30 |
LA Weekly
Luke Y. Thompson
Tim Allen gamely brings some humanity to the role of the retired, powerless hero Captain Zoom, but is thwarted at every turn by bad special effects, slapdash editing, interminable pop-song montages, and a goofy performance by Courteney Cox.
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| 30 |
The Hollywood Reporter
Zoom is a movie that would make Dr. Frankenstein proud. Put together with parts from so many other movies, the thing positively clanks.
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| 30 |
Variety
This tepid comic-bookish comedy should zip through its theatrical run faster than a speeding bullet. It likely won't perform much more superheroically in ancillary venues.
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| 30 |
The New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Bleeds boredom from every frame.
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| 25 |
Entertainment Weekly
In a feat of dullness quite powerful in its own way, this lifeless family comedy sucks the joy from every joke it touches.
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| 25 |
TV Guide
One of the most dismal excuses for family entertainment ever perpetrated by a major studio, this crude, lazy variation on Disney's "Sky High" (2005) revolves around the education of four "special" youngsters at the hands of a washed-up superhero.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Zoom is a C-list production in every possible way, from the actors and the special effects to the music and the script. Even the product placement is completely third rate.
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New York Post
Kyle Smith
A kid comedy that's been zapped by extraterrestrial suckiness rays.
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| 11 |
Austin Chronicle
Toddy Burton
This comedy drags its feet, while the sappy sweetness will make you wince.
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