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John Carter

2012

Andrew Stanton

Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe ...

5.4

25,020

Fantasy. Action. Sci-Fi. Adventure John Carter, a Civil War veteran, who in 1868 was trying to live a normal life, is "asked" by the Army to join, but he refuses so he is locked up. He escapes, and is pursued. Eventually they run into some Indians, and there's a gunfight. Carter seeks refuge in a cave. While there, he encounters someone who is holding some kind of medallion. When Carter touches it, he finds himself in a place where he can leap incredible heights, among ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Messy and chaotic ... but also colorful and kind of fun. (...) 'John Carter' tries to evoke, to reanimate, a fondly recalled universe of B-movies, pulp novels and boys’ adventure magazines. But it pursues this modest goal according to blockbuster logic"	NEU
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"There's nothing to see, nothing to think about, nothing to care about, and nothing to feel, just emptiness. The emptiness is never filled over the course of 132 long, barren minutes"	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A rather charming pastiche, if perhaps not one with sufficient excitement and razzle-dazzle to justify the reported $250 million production budget"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	John Carter exerts the pull of a tall tale told by a campfire (...) it's built on something rare: wonder instead of Hollywood cynicism (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Stanton has been given the resources to create an expansive, expensive world, but lacks the instincts to direct live-action, a limitation that shows most in the performances (...) Kitsch doesn't exhibit enough charisma"	NEG
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"It's hard to care about anything going on in this shapeless would-be franchise, which lurches from scene to scene without building any real excitement (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG

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