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12/27/07

N/A

The film's extended debates on the ethics of science, government and personal responsibility would recommend it to critics of a medium that too often panders to audiences.

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02/22/07

C

Visually impressive, but I thought it was never going to end.

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03/07/06

N/A

It's a sensationally designed piece of work.

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08/19/05

3.5/5

In the movies, action doesn’t necessarily equal a reaction.

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07/29/05

1/5

...techno-fetishism at it’s worst.

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06/28/05

N/A

Its problem is not a lack of things to look at. There's plenty of them, and they're all cool. It's just that, in this world of clanking, hissing machines, even the people seem like robots.

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05/20/05

N/A

The movie never transcended its elaborate production work to achieve an independent reality. It's simply pictures of what never happened.

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05/20/05

A-

While Steamboy lacks the emotional resonance and psychological complexity of Akira, it is state-of-the-art anime made by one of the masters.

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05/13/05

2.5/4

When massive bursts of steam are frozen into giant flowers of jagged ice, Otomo gives us a literal Cold War, to remind us of the folly of the arms race.

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05/04/05

2/5

I’m all for anime getting wider release here domestically, but not if it’s top heavy with the Explodo and half-baked philosophy.

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04/17/05

N/A

...for a fun drinking game, take a sip every time steam loudly hisses out of something

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04/08/05

N/A

No matter how big and impressive, all of this pales in comparison to the human soul, which this film simply does not have.

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04/08/05