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Dominican Rep. Dante's Peak
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A volcanologist forlorn over the loss of his wife in the Mt. Pinatubo eruption arrives at a small Pacific Northwest town to investigate the rumblings of the local dormant volcano. Though he instantly fears the worse, he must convince the skeptical townspeople and his suspicious superiors who believe he is overreacting in the aftermath of his own tragedy. The beautiful, widowed mayor of the picturesque town believes him, however, and ... [+]
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United States |
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"While the plot is thin and there's little action till the big blow some 60 minutes into the film, a volcano offers a greater variety of thrills than your basic cyclone ever could." | POS |
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United States |
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"The special effects are suitably catastrophic, though they aren't much more clever than the computer tricks that turn up in beer commercials these days" | NEU |
United Kingdom |
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"This is yet another one of those mindlessly enjoyable outings which eschews such unimportant details as plot or characterisation in favour of the biggest, flashiest special effects money can buy" | NEU |
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United States |
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"It has its moments, but most of them are concentrated in the final forty-five minutes. The first hour is interminable." | NEG |
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United States |
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"Dante's Peak is customary for the genre, with convincing special effects sharing screen time with standard-issue characters and situations." | NEU |
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United States |
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"As boring as the special effects are, they far outshine the stultifying plot" | NEG |
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United States |
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"Too bad that by the time the volcano shoots its wad, the movie has already died a thousand deaths, ground to a halt by the interminable waiting for the damn thing to blow" | NEG |
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United States |
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"[It] follows the disaster formula so faithfully that if you walk in while the movie is in progress, you can estimate how long the story has to run (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" | NEU |
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United States |
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"Approximately the last hour of Dante's Peak is made up of action scenes, and how well one likes computer-generated destruction will determine how well one likes the movie" | NEG |
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