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I Am Number Four

2011

D.J. Caruso

Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Dianna Agron, Teresa Palmer ...

4.9

11,244

Action. Sci-Fi. Romance Three are dead. Who is Number Four? John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events—his first love (Dianna Agron), powerful new abilities and a connection to ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"What we have here is a witless attempt to merge the "Twilight" formula with the Michael Bay formula (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"For all of its homicidal aliens and toothy beasts, I Am Number Four did contain one element that genuinely unsettled me: the line 'produced by Michael Bay' (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"The pic's stumbling block is its inability to convince us we're watching someone extraordinary"	NEG
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	Sluggish and derivative, I Am Number Four is another elaborate puberty metaphor with superpowers substituting for testosterone.	NEG
United States	Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"Aching alien replaces pining vampire (...) I Am Number Four puts the burden on its special effects (passable) and the chemistry between Pettyfer and Agron (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU

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