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1. "...the return quest is even more staggering and marvelous than last year's maiden voyage. Here is a movie, like [it's predecessor] that's packed to the brim with wonders, chock-full of rip-roaring action, breathtaking landscapes, intoxicating spectacle and full-blooded characters - as heady a draught of fantasy and high adventure as the movies have ever given us." - Michael Wilmington, "Chicago Tribune"
2. "All in all, _____ _____ _____ is surprisingly inoffensive, consider the many chances it sidesteps to insult Southerners... The result is an old-fashioned romantic comedy lightly spiced with down-home jokes that exploit familiar stereotypes with care. For example, the filmmakers could not resist including a saggy hound dog.." - Margaret A. McGurk,
"The Cincinnati Enquirer"
3. "The saga of the-ugly-duckling-turned swan is generally a sure-fire story arc, be it here or in 'Spider-man.' But then the film turns its attention to the wedding itself, and everything congeals into a mess of vulgar-but-lovable jokes coupled with Daddy Angst about the cross-cultural horrors of his daughter marrying outside the tribe, so to speak. this is an affectionate and good-hearted movie that could've been a whole lot better and could've been a whole lot worse." - Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
4. "But in a film with a built-in audience, why not go for the high notes? Why not allow the dialogue to be inventive, stylish and expressive? There is a certain lifelessness in some of the acting, perhaps because the actors were often filmed in front of blue screens so their environments could be added later by computer. Actors speak more slowly than they might--flatly, factually, formally, as if reciting. Sometimes that reflects the ponderous load of the mythology they represent. At other times it simply shows that what they have to say is banal." - Roger Ebert, "Chicago Sun-Times"
5. "No question, the new movie is amiable family entertainment, and Allen is such an affable actor that maybe kids won't begrudge him seeking romantic fulfillment... But Santa out of costume and on a date does not classic Christmas material make." - Mark Caro, "Chicago Tribune"
6. "...it never comes close to the giddy heights of "The Sixth Sense" - the earlier Shyamalan blockbuster his subsequent efforts will unavoidably be compared with. is probably more Hitchcock than Spielberg, relying much less on high-tech special effects than basic power of suggestion, elegant camerawork, artful editing and expert sound engineering to make you shriek at a telephone ringing." - Lou Lumenick, "New York Post"
7. "But it's still a delicious character study, made biblically poignant by the script's careful layering of Abagnale's complex relationship with his flawed but loving parents.. And DiCaprio could hardly be better. He brings this outrageous character and his demons to life with skill, sympathy and a symphony of small, telling touches. It's delicate and subtle -- not the kind of thing that wins Oscar nominations -- but it's far and away the best thing he's done on film yet." - William Arnold, "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" (Article titled: "A True Story About a Fake"
8. "On its own, this movie is lots of fun: fast, witty, full of zingy gags and jaw-dropping imagery of vast glaciers and endless landscapes..." - Michael Wilmington, "Chicago Tribune"
9. "Because, when a comic-book movie gets it right, as this one does, people should know, especially those who think of going to a big over-hyped summer blockbuster about as often as they think about going to the South Pole. The best advice Uncle Ben gives his nephew is "With great power comes great responsibility." Sam Raimi knows exactly what that means." - Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
10. "The first movie was the setup, and this one is the payoff. ...plunges quickly into an adventure that's darker and scarier... What's developing here, it's clear, is one of the most important franchises in movie history, a series of films that consolidate all of the advances in computer-aided animation, linked to the extraordinary creative work of [omitted], who has created a mythological world as grand as [omitted] but filled with more wit and humanity. The story is about personalities, personal histories and eccentricity, not about a superstar superman crushing the narrative with his egotistical weight." - Roger Ebert, "Chicago Sun-Times"
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