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Oblivion

2013

Joseph Kosinski

Tom Cruise, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman ...

5.8

47,180

Sci-Fi. Mystery In 2073, a 37 year-old former-Marine Commander Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth, which was nearly destroyed by an alien invasion 60 years earlier. As part of a massive operation to extract the planet's remaining vital resources, he lives in an airborne "town" floating thousands of meters above the Earth. His mission nearly complete, Jack's soaring existence comes crashing down when he ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'Oblivion' feels arid and antiseptic, untouched by human hands. Bummer (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A moderately clever dystopian mindbender with a gratifying human pulse, despite some questionable narrative developments"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Sci-fi fans ... may feel like they've seen much of this before, albeit rarely put together this stunningly"	POS
Australia	Andrew L. Urban Urbancinefile	"Writers who direct their own rather complex stories often are too familiar with the material to be able to really clarify it for the audience"	NEU
Australia	Louise Keller Urbancinefile	"Does its best to dazzle by its myriad of special effects but confuses itself. Visuals superb, though... and best part is the contrasting dynamic between Cruise and his two striking female co-stars"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'Oblivion' goes on for a long time, moving slowly and self-consciously, and it looks like a very expensive movie project that has been written and rewritten many times over (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG

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