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02/22/08
Vantage Point (2008)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:53
Rotten:98
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Vantage Point has an interesting premise that is completely undermined by fractured storytelling and wooden performances.
Theatrical Release:07-03-2008
Synopsis: A presidential assassination attempt is told from multiple points of view in Pete Travis's directorial debut, VANTAGE POINT. U.S. president Ashton (William Hurt) is in Salamanca, Spain (though much... [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Pete Travis
Reviews for Vantage Point
No matter how you look at it, Vantage Point is a letdown.
02/22/08
One of those flicks that relies purely on momentum to keep your disbelief suspended, and director Pete Travis rarely allows the pace to slow enough for the plot holes to shine through.
02/22/08
...counts on its audience not thinking about what they're seeing, but instead being mesmerized by flash and boom ...This is a movie to make you angry, but not with the straw evildoers it puts on screen.
02/22/08
It starts off strong but quickly becomes so contrived and repetitive that by the time it finally lumbers to its deeply unsatisfying and ludicrously melodramatic finale, you feel like an idiot for having wasted your time watching it
02/22/08
Trying, monotonous, and not anywhere near as relevant or clever as it imagines itself to be, Vantage Point proves once again that while it's easy to rely on a gimmick, it's usually not the best idea to trust it.
02/21/08
It's easy to pick apart an action movie. It's much harder to produce one this clever, fast-paced and involving.
02/21/08
I forgave its sins for delivering at least an hour of undiluted enjoyment.
02/21/08
A movie that features very intense, action-packed moments, but a story that gets overly complicated and borders on spinning out of control as it becomes too farfetched by the end
02/21/08
We view this event from every possible point of view except a logical -- or entertaining -- one.
02/21/08
Less would have definitely been more in this case; if viewers squint their eyes hard enough, they might just be able to locate a kitchen sink lurking somewhere in the background.
02/21/08
The fact that the screenplay refrains from smug political commentary and instead focuses on action and mystery enhances the experience.
02/21/08
A gimmicky thriller without much of a gimmick or many thrills, "Vantage Point" suffers, too, from being out of synch with its time.
02/21/08
It's a marginally successful attempt to flare up the senses through shocking repetition, but this is Moritz after all, so if you must go, leave your brain at home and sneak in a cocktail to help wash down the nonsense.
02/21/08
A lot of vigorous actors doing vigorous work in the service of a crafty, fast-moving, well-told story.
02/21/08
I'm starting to think that '24' and 'The Bourne Identity' have made it nearly impossible for me to enjoy the average or even slightly above average spy thriller.
02/21/08
The cascade of coincidences and logical lapses drains it of excitement and leaves it seeming overwhelmingly ridiculous.
02/21/08
Barry Levy's script slavers for comparisons to Rashomon but misses the point. Akira Kurosawa argued that truth was slippery; Levy believes there's one answer, he just likes withholding it.
02/21/08
Straight out of the slice-and-dice school of filmmaking, Vantage Point fractures chronology and perspective in a vain attempt to disguise its flimsiness.
02/21/08
Top CriticA 23-minute movie dragged out, via some narrative gimmickry, to a punishing hour and a half.
02/21/08
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