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ATLAS SHRUGGED: PART IMovie Reviews
Drama based on the novel by Ayn Rand of the same name, about a powerful railroad executive who attempts to keep her business from failing while society collapses around her. Cast:Taylor Schilling, Paul Johansson, Grant Bowler, Michael Lerner, Nick CassavetesDirector:Paul JohanssonRelease Date:April 15, 2011DVD Release:November 8, 2011From:LionsgateRating:PG-13Length:1 hr 42 min
Atlas Shrugged: Part I played in national release to poor reviews. • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "...anticlimactic... I suspect only someone very familiar with Rand's 1957 novel could understand the film at all, and I doubt they will be happy with it." • And Scott Tobias wrote for the AV Club, "...curiously sterile and lifeless, hardly the stuff of revolution." More Reviews Below...
Atlas Shrugged: Part I Positive Reviews (21 Reviews, reviews below)
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: POOR(cg) "...low-budget, no-talent... sits there flapping on screen like a bludgeoned seal. It's the first in a planned trilogy of films. Let's hope the other two parts are quickly aborted."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 110 words, 04/15/11
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: POOR(cg) "...anticlimactic... I suspect only someone very familiar with Rand's 1957 novel could understand the film at all, and I doubt they will be happy with it."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 814 words, 04/15/11
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (7 Reviews)
Carina Chocano, New York Times: POOR "...you've got to admire the gumption and the commitment, but it would take a far smarter, more subtle movie than this even to approach pulling it off.... amateurish..."(See all of Carina Chocano's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 895 words, 04/29/11
Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: POOR "...fails to rise even to the level of 'eh'... crushingly ordinary in every way, which with Rand I wouldn't have thought possible."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 461 words, 04/15/11
Kyle Smith, New York Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...stiff in the joints and acted by an undistinguished cast... nevertheless contains a fire and a fury that makes it more compelling than the average mass-produced studio item."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 362 words, 04/15/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: POOR(cg) "...anticlimactic... I suspect only someone very familiar with Rand's 1957 novel could understand the film at all, and I doubt they will be happy with it."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 814 words, 04/15/11
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: POOR(cg) "Even free enterpriser Ayn Rand would have been tempted to pull the plug.... so amateurish and deadly dull it seems certain Parts II and III won't see the light of day..."(See all of Linda Barnard's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 352 words, 10/28/11
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: POOR(cg) "...stilted, anachronistic... a low-rent version of the 80s' prime-time soap 'Dallas,' with the industrial concerns and sexual mores of 1950s, all, somehow, set in 2016."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 348 words, 10/28/11
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: MODERATE(cg) "...long-winded... noticeably short on the stew of sex and self-interest that makes other Rand adaptations ('We the Living,' 'The Fountainhead') entertaining..."(See all of Carrie Rickey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 383 words, 04/15/11
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK(cg) "...the script is absurdly cluttered with characters whose purpose may only truly become clear if they ever are allowed to make the other two films they have planned."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 786 words, 04/15/11
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: POOR(cg) "The acting is so poor and the story so badly told that the viewer's feelings about Rand's novel - an epic ode to free-market fundamentalism - are almost immaterial..."(See all of Bill Goodykoontz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 581 words, 04/15/11
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "...so busy and so inherently interesting that the movie is entertaining until the finish - or the sort of finish.... I'd be willing to sit through 'Part 2' right now."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 373 words, 04/15/11
Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: MODERATE(cg) " 'Atlas Shrugged' has been considered unfilmable, too long for one movie and too didactic for mass appeal.... this doesn't do much to alter those perceptions."(See all of Steve Persall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 567 words, 04/16/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Tom Meek, Boston Phoenix: MODERATE(cg) "...though admirable in scope, comes off too much like an overcranked episode of 'Dallas.' Not all books should be made into movies, and this is one of them."(See all of Tom Meek's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 151 words, 04/14/11
Scott Tobias, AV Club: WEAK(cg) "...curiously sterile and lifeless, hardly the stuff of revolution.... like an ideologically reversed 'Tucker: The Man And His Dream,' written and performed by robots."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 409 words, 04/15/11
Carina Chocano, New York Times: POOR "...you've got to admire the gumption and the commitment, but it would take a far smarter, more subtle movie than this even to approach pulling it off.... amateurish..."(See all of Carina Chocano's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 895 words, 04/29/11
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: POOR "...hasty, low-budget adaptation would have Ayn Rand spinning in her grave... cuts corners in every respect.... what the film really needs is suspense, not spectacle..."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 889 words, 04/07/11
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: WEAK "Flubbed, under-produced representation of the first third of Ayn Rand's still controversial novel... didactic, sometimes risible but still powerful material."(See all of Todd McCarthy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 933 words, 04/07/11
Carina Chocano, New York Times: POOR "...you've got to admire the gumption and the commitment, but it would take a far smarter, more subtle movie than this even to approach pulling it off.... amateurish..."(See all of Carina Chocano's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 895 words, 04/29/11
15.7 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Atlas Shrugged: Part I's reviews are separated by an average 15.7 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (21 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Atlas Shrugged: Part I's reviews cover 30.2% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 10,373 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 494 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Atlas Shrugged: Part I Coverage, Volume & Length (21 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 12 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Atlas Shrugged: Part I's reviews on average broke 12 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Atlas Shrugged: Part I's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (21 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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