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Race to Witch Mountain

2009

Andy Fickman

Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Carla Gugino ...

4.4

5,110

Sci-Fi. Adventure A UFO expert enlists the help of a cabbie to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans. For years, stories have circulated about a secret place in the middle of the Nevada desert, known for unexplained phenomena and strange sightings. It’s called Witch Mountain, and when a Las Vegas cab driver (Dwayne Johnson) finds two teens with supernatural ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"An innocuous family entertainment (...) What Johnson does here is provide a credible tough guy action hero in a non-threatening mode. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"Not Rocket Science. (...) Bears all the signs of having been composed by an inferior race of alien screenwriters from the Hackulon System"	NEG
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"It's entertaining with a crafty mixture of action, humor and drama."	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"This is not a story that cries out to be remade every 15-20 years. And, while the special effects and acting are getting better, the story isn't"	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Modest and diverting, rough and bland, with some good (if not quite Bette Davis caliber) actors and so-so special effects."	NEU
United States	USA Today	"Mediocre family fare that's simply not that much fun"	NEU
United States	Jan Stuart The Washington Post	"'Race to Witch Mountain' has Johnson, who lifts the script above its conventional cat-and-mouse stratagems"	POS
United States	Wesley Morris Boston Globe	"This is not a movie. It's a coming attraction for a theme park"	NEG
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"Strikes a deft balance of chase-movie suspense and wisecracking humor"	POS
United Kingdom	Chris Hewitt Empire	"An unexpectedly entertaining mixture of good, clean Disney fun with some rather more modern action scenes"	POS

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