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TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLENMovie Reviews
Sci-fi action adventure about the battle for the universe among Starscream, Decepticons, Skorpinox, Megatron's dead body, and the Autobots. Cast:Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, John TurturroDirector:Michael BayRelease Date:June 24, 2009DVD Release:October 20, 2009From:ParamountRating:PG-13Length:2 hr 30 min
OCTOBER 20, 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Weak Reviews, Mixed
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen played to weak reviews. Reviews were mixed. • Tom Maurstad wrote in the Dallas Morning News, "...long and loud and, in terms of story, simultaneously stupefyingly simple and crushingly complicated." • And Rafer Guzman wrote in New York Newsday, "...if plot is what you're after, what are you doing at a Michael Bay movie?... rollicking, crowd-pleasing and slyly self-mocking..." More Reviews Below...
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Positive Reviews (44 Reviews, reviews below)
Leah Rozen, People: WEAK(cg) "Clank, clank, clank. When did would-be blockbusters become more about machines than people?... extremely noisy and often incomprehensible..."(See all of Leah Rozen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 182 words, 06/25/09
Mary Pols, Time: POOR "The movie is like the play date from hell, the kind where a crew of children reduce your home to rubble and conduct endless bouts of loud war on the living-room floor..."(See all of Mary Pols's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 991 words, 06/26/09
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD(cg) "...may be a massive overdose of popcorn greased with motor oil. But it knows how to feed your inner 10-year-old's appetite for destruction."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 807 words, 06/26/09
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: WEAK(cg) "A joyless cacophony, an insistent and seemingly endless onslaught... Michael Bay's follow-up to the 2007 smash 'Transformers' plays more like a parody of a Bay movie."(See all of Christy Lemire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 619 words, 06/24/09
Claudia Puig, USA Today: WEAK(cg) "Bigger, louder, longer and more metallic is definitely not better.... lacks wit, charm, subtlety, restraint, humanity and clever dialogue.... has loads of spectacle but no soul."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 409 words, 06/23/09
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (13 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: FAIR "Despite the tediousness of his stories and inanity of his visual ideas, Bay always manages to keep you laughing and shaking your head in disbelief..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 923 words, 06/24/09
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...louder and more illogical than the megasuccessful 2007 original.... when watching moving construction sites go to battle is what you crave, this is the film to go to."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 490 words, 06/24/09
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "With legions of Autobots and Decepticons now in the fray, lost is the simple pleasure, arguably the beauty, of seeing a couple of metal heads shred each other..."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 810 words, 06/24/09
Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD(cg) "...if plot is what you're after, what are you doing at a Michael Bay movie?... rollicking, crowd-pleasing and slyly self-mocking... a terrific guilty pleasure."(See all of Rafer Guzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 302 words, 06/24/09
Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "...a bewildering, noisy, sloppy, cynical piece of work... sneers at the audience for 147 minutes and expects us to lap it up as entertainment -- and be grateful."(See all of Robert Wilonsky's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 543 words, 06/24/09
Christopher Kelly, Orange County Register: MODERATE(cg) "...so unvarying in its frenzied hysteria that it makes director Michael Bay's other efforts, like 'Bad Boys' and 'Armageddon,' look like 'My Dinner With Andre.' "(See all of Christopher Kelly's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 675 words, 06/24/09
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "...starts blowing shit up less than five minutes after the opening logos, and basically doesn't stop blowing shit up until it runs out of film stock two and a half hours later."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 265 words, 06/25/09
KEY CITIES (17 Reviews)
John Anderson, Washington Post: POOR(cg) "With its fascist sensibility, assortment of smutty asides, illiterate gold-tooth-wearing homie robots and the hero's brainless mother, much of the film is simply despicable."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 773 words, 06/24/09
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "...does all that's required, and then some, within the confines of PG-13: It cracks genitalia jokes, messes around with toys and blows stuff up."(See all of Amy Biancolli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 625 words, 06/24/09
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: WEAK(cg) "You don't have an inner teenage boy? Sorry, you're out of luck.... Fast, deafening, and dumb, the movie is total nonsense..."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 767 words, 06/24/09
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: MODERATE(cg) "...a pure sensory event. Leave your intelligence at the ticket window when you see 'Transformers,' a thrill machine that is best digested with childlike glee."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 749 words, 06/24/09
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: MODERATE(cg) "The script is 'Fallen's' greatest failing, a spiritually empty exercise in nonstop violence and an outright silly movie in many ways."(See all of Tom Keogh's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 591 words, 06/24/09
Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: POOR(cg) "...one of the worst sequels I've ever seen. Tedious, plodding, overloaded with effects, under-served by story, it represents all the bad habits of hyper-jittery Michael Bay."(See all of Clint O'Connor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 530 words, 06/24/09
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a triumph of the producers' creed: Pound the senses, simulate emotion and milk the golden calf of the familiar like a mechanical farmhand."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 382 words, 06/24/09
Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: FAIR(cg) "...even makes your hair hurt, it's so relentlessly loud and too proud of it.... proves that you really can get too much of a bad thing."(See all of Steve Persall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 488 words, 06/24/09
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK(cg) "...they don't get much bigger or much dumber... an epic two and a half hours of explosions, ponderous cartoon history, veiled racism and inept geography."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 663 words, 06/24/09
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...the special effects are remarkable: You never tire of the endless variations of robots Bay and his computer-generated effects crew come up with..."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 806 words, 06/24/09
Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun: POOR(cg) "...so loud and relentless you feel you're in the center of a trash compactor.... its frenetic and often pointless action induces a weird claustrophobia."(See all of Michael Sragow's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 915 words, 06/24/09
Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "...a bewildering, noisy, sloppy, cynical piece of work... sneers at the audience for 147 minutes and expects us to lap it up as entertainment -- and be grateful."(See all of Robert Wilonsky's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 543 words, 06/24/09
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: POOR(cg) "Go ahead, have your senses senselessly pounded for two and a half hours.... loud and ludicrous... has a shot at the title Worst Movie of the Decade."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 643 words, 06/26/09
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: POOR(cg) "It's just like watching the toys on which the movie is based, but on a gigantic scale, and as if played with by a monstrous child without joy or any imagination."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 617 words, 06/25/09
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "...starts blowing shit up less than five minutes after the opening logos, and basically doesn't stop blowing shit up until it runs out of film stock two and a half hours later."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 265 words, 06/25/09
Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper: POOR "...a 140-minute video game that will insult your intelligence, hurt your eyes, and offend your sense of decency until you worry that your skull might explode..."(See all of Tricia Olszewski's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 320 words, 06/25/09
HIGHBROW PRESS (4 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: FAIR "Despite the tediousness of his stories and inanity of his visual ideas, Bay always manages to keep you laughing and shaking your head in disbelief..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 923 words, 06/24/09
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "...a 150-minute celebration of attention deficit disorder... like a July 4th fireworks display that doesn't end until July 8th and makes you swear off Roman candles for life."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 653 words, 06/24/09
David Denby, New Yorker: POOR "...directed by the stunningly, almost viciously, untalented Michael Bay... rages on for a hundred and fifty minutes and then just stops, pausing for the next sequel..."(See all of David Denby's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 243 words, 06/29/09
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "With legions of Autobots and Decepticons now in the fray, lost is the simple pleasure, arguably the beauty, of seeing a couple of metal heads shred each other..."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 810 words, 06/24/09
MOVIE INDUSTRY (5 Reviews)
Jordan Mintzer, Daily Variety: MODERATE "...little seems new compared to the first installment, except that this version is longer, louder, and perhaps 'more than your eye can meet' in one sitting."(See all of Jordan Mintzer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,113 words, 06/16/09
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "With legions of Autobots and Decepticons now in the fray, lost is the simple pleasure, arguably the beauty, of seeing a couple of metal heads shred each other..."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 810 words, 06/24/09
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: FAIR "Despite the tediousness of his stories and inanity of his visual ideas, Bay always manages to keep you laughing and shaking your head in disbelief..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 923 words, 06/24/09
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "...a 150-minute celebration of attention deficit disorder... like a July 4th fireworks display that doesn't end until July 8th and makes you swear off Roman candles for life."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 653 words, 06/24/09
22.1 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's reviews are separated by an average 22.1 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.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (44 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's reviews cover 81.9% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 27,625 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 628 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Coverage, Volume & Length (44 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 23.0 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's reviews on average broke 23.0 hours 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 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (44 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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