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2011
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1.8
But a message like that is hard to believe in a film so utterly lacking in conviction, it needs a 25 year old Tom Cruise vehicle just to keep its spin ..
Av Club
3.5
A big, bright kids movie, a bruising action film, a tongue in cheek superhero adventure.
Den Of Geek
2.5
Some are inventive to look at but once the gold fish announces that whatever you imagine you can create, more creativity is expected.
We Got This Covered
1.5
His character history isnt the best for the Green Lanterns, as there just isnt much there, but if he were to ever appear in a film, Riz Ahmed would be ..
We Got This Covered
1.0
Its a helluva comic book, to be sure, but its a godawful mess of a movie.
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Unfortunately, the film (with a screenplay credited to four writers) doesnt just want to be a fun romp.
Screen Daily
1.5
The camera doesnt shy away from him either, and the makeup and costume look great on him.
Collider
4.5
Its a humorous tale that long time fans will appreciate and newcomers should find refreshing.
Collider
1.5
Here though Jordan doesnt want to be a Lantern, I never felt as insulted about him being denied his powers, because hes never without them.
Collider
3.1
One of the absurdities of many modern superhero movies is how they adorn silly plots with great solemnity and millions of dollars in special effects.
Rogerebert
1.9
Could Kenneth Branagh transform the innate silliness of an idea like Thor into something fun enough for the uninitiated
E Film Critic
2.0
The best superhero movies have a healthy dose of absurdity to them.
Telegraph
2.5
Remarkably it does get you to believe in a interstellar corps of peace keepers, but gets hopelessly tangled in something far more mundane that common ..
Cinema Blend
2.0
Clearly, DC Comics needed to get another character onscreen after riding big guns Superman and Batman like a two dollar cape.
Ny Daily News
2.0
A textbook example of movie making by committee. All the money in the world cant save a film with a script THIS bad.
JoBlo
3.0
While the story can be interesting, the script itself is uneven and all over the place without ever stirring up the thrill factor.
JoBlo
2.5
What gets sacrificed on the altar of this new franchise launch is any real sense of fun.
The Globe And Mail
3.2
Almost none of that passion is on display in the workmanlike Lantern movie a by the book Hollywood tentpole that exhibits competent blockbuster crafts ..
Philly
1.9
Lets just say it lacks the mystery of the Batsuit, the Transformers chic of Iron Mans rig, and the sex appeal of Supermans tights and cape.
Philly
2.5
This is pure cinematic magic, but the motives of the menace are muddled if not completely opaque.
Village Voice
1.9
No, Im not making that up.At least Reynolds cares and almost makes the No evil shall escape my sight oath work.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.1
The movie looks great, with terrific special effects and crisp action sequences, and at 105 minutes, its not too long.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Warner Brothers tries to launch yet another superhero franchise with this big screen vehicle for the green masked DC Comics crime fighter, whos been a ..
Chicago Reader
1.9
Perhaps its simply a case of comic book overload talking (Even the characters in the movie seem wholly impassive to the existence of a man with super ..
Mark Reviews Movies
1.5
It may have something to do with the character being a second string crime fighter, or it may be because of an incoherent script.Basing a movie on a l ..
Usa Today
3.5
The story is good enough and there is enough humor in it so that it doesnt get too serious.
Lariat
3.2
When it comes to comic book adventures, theres a fine line between silly and awesome, and sometimes no line at all.Green Lantern may walk that line le ..
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Things get off to a clumsy start with an awkwardly verbose prologue and some truly cheesy CGI effects, but the movie finds its bearings once Reynolds ..
News Review
3.5
This is a shame, because I think Reynolds is quite good as the title character.And the films climax is just sensational.
Screen It
1.3
The thought of a sequel to this shamelessly soulless Hollywood product scares me plenty.
Rolling Stone
2.5
Its a ho humly competent example of the genre, but despite all the supernatural, zipping around planets stuff going on, it never manages to make any m ..
The Wrap
2.0
.a lantern. When the ring transports Hal to the planet Oa, he learns that he has become a member of an inter planetary peace keeping force known as th ..
View London
3.2
At least the filmmakers acknowledge that Reynolds in green tights and mask still looks like his non Green Lantern alter ego, cocky test pilot Hal Jord ..
Cs Monitor
2.5
Rote characters go through the motions of stock motivations, devoid of any real personality, quirks or wit.
Film Journal
1.3
But when theres nothing else afoot, at least it can form an oasis of easy entertainment.
Boston
2.5
Cinemas everywhere in 2D and 3D GREEN LANTERNS suit makes him seem as if hes tightly wrapped in lettuce leaves.He looks pretty enough to eat, which is ..
Smh
2.5
Unfortunately for the filmmakers, Hals journey is mostly roadblocks and detours.
Npr
2.5
Once again, a mainstream Hollywood movie adopts a cheap Freudian psychology for its pseudo text.
Emanuellevy
1.5
As silly summer superhero movies go, this was thoroughly all right.
Guardian
2.0
This is sometimes engagingly daft, but it simply fails to spark, and Reynolds so good in recent movies like Buried and The Nines just looks like a sli ..
Guardian
1.0
All three were more fun and infinitely more worthy of his talents.In this age of corporate calculation and a dopey proletariat seemingly content to wh ..
Daily Mail
2.8
Reynolds makes Hal a perfectly functional comic book hero, but theres a big difference between functional and super.
Ew
2.5
Nothing else.Green Lantern has the promise to be so much more than it puts on the screen, but what it makes up for in action set pieces it lacks in se ..
Cinema Crazed
1.0
(Ill grant the movie this: Parallaxs animated swirling smoke tentacles look pretty rad.)
Slate
2.0
Tentpole superheroes Batman and Superman remain the worlds finest heroes, but hog all the action.
Empire
1.5
The 3D does its job without being intrusive or gimmicky and it will doubtless satisfy some as a lightweight action adventure.
Eye For Film
1.5
But, unfortunately, its just bewildering, color coordinated splash and flash, meaning dazzling visuals with little substance except: Alone, we are vul ..
Susang Ranger
1.3
Even in the brainless world of cinematic comic books gone bad, its as bad as it gets a dumb, pointless, ugly, moronic and incomprehensible jumble of b ..
Observer
3.0
Is it really that difficult to create a superhero with complexity (Spider Man and Iron Man excepted)
Common Sense Media
1.5
I want the hero to be the right combination of old school steel and new school wit.
Movies
2.0
Whats The Deal: This movie is like Fredo to my Michael Corleone, and it has broken my heart.I was so excited for this one, since it had the ingredient ..
Movies
2.5
Apart from some spiffy visual effects, which create coherent, scary textures and architecture for outer space, Green Lantern is the most generic of su ..
Time
2.5
The birth of Green Lantern as depicted on Super Friends has always struck me as an inexplicable presence in my pop cultural memory bank.But as depicte ..
Slant Magazine
2.5
It might be diverting enough for schoolboy fans but anyone else will only feel disappointed.
Express
2.5
But the film itself is disappointingly routine, as well as jarring in its violence.
Chicago Tribune
2.5
And when that comprises a big chunk of your movie, it results in a pretty joyless experience.
Bullz-Eye
2.8
Instead, the film is a series of often disjointed action sequences where the visual effects take over for any semblance of story.
Reeling Reviews
1.5
I suppose decent screenwriters could have made this all work in a way that doesnt make you want to snort your lungs out through your nose laughing.
Flickfilosopher
2.0
A whole lot of familiar superhero elements thrown together in a haphazard, uninspired way.
Las Vegas Weekly
2.5
The result makes the movie seem assembled from bits and pieces of other superhero yarns rather than existing on a plane of its own.
ReelViews
2.5
Simply put, its an outfit you really cant get away with unless youre as good looking as Ryan Reynolds.
Hollywood Reporter
3.0
(Yes, this sequence is essentially Kung Fu Panda, without the panda or the kung fu.)
The Atlantic
2.5
Campbell works his magic on this and makes it a tolerable adventure.
Tony Medley
3.0
Michael Fassbender as the future Magneto in X Men: First Class has set the bar quite high for superhero ambivalence this summer, and Reynolds inevitab ..
Los Angeles Times
2.5
Or I would be if it werent badly paced and tonally inconsistent as well as thematically thin.
Groucho Reviews
2.2
The ring may not make mistakes when it chooses a new Green Lantern, but plenty of mistakes were made in bringing Green Lantern to the screen, and in t ..
Hit Fix
2.5
Its a great way to study individual scenes/elements of the movie.
Aisle Seat
3.1
Vertical Limit is about as silly as movies come, but the only thing that really counts is whether or not the action sequences are exciting.
Reel Film
2.5
Will there be explosions.Will anyone past the age of 14 still be awake
Movie Habit
3.5
These movies exist to entertain and have relatively two dimensional characters.They rely on spectacle and action to drive them home.
7M Pictures
3.0
If thats all you need to know about the Green Lantern movie adaptation from DC Comics, this film is for you.Bulging with oversized special effects and ..
Urban Cine File
2.5
WHATS the bigger imaginative stretch.That the universe is being threatened by a giant octopus cloud of teeming mutant Twisties devouring all before it
The Age
3.0
It has room to grow if Warner Brothers has the will power to deepen the characters and sharpen the writing in the inevitable sequel.
Maki At The Movies
3.8
The look of the film is wondrous, but it it does not over power the movie.
Three Movie Buffs
1.9
The line is delivered by an animated amphibian voiced by Geoffrey Rush.
New York Post
2.0
Strong still manages to be intimidating, but the present villains are too goofy.
Digital Spy
1.9
Reynolds underplays Hal and zaps the energy from a movie that wastes everyone involved (including Angela Bassett and Tim Robbins in meaningless roles) ..
Red Eye Chicago
2.5
Blake Lively continues to exist.Please please please please please please do not make a sequel.
The Stranger
1.9
Without this connection, the emotional stakes for all involved drop precipitously.
Dustin Put Man
3.8
I cant speak to how true it may be to its comic book inspiration, but in terms of sensibility, its as comic booky as you can get.
Larsen On Film
2.8
Rather than try to minimize its comic book silliness, Green Lantern embraces it, from the mostly straight faced storytelling to the computer augmented ..
Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
3.0
This is the summers third comic book movie but hardly the last one.I feel as though I need to post a running list of preferences, so readers will know ..
Hollywood And Fine
2.0
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The Sun
2.0
Visually, this is one impressive film, with intergalactic worlds and CGI set pieces magnificent on the big screen.
Matts Movie Reviews
2.5
Happily and thanks largely to Mr. Reynolds the film doesnt take itself too seriously except when it comes to its effects sequences, which are the wors ..
Big Picture Big Sound
2.5
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Sltrib
0.5
Asinine, nauseating and often dull with no thrills or excitement to be found. Itll make your eyes and ears bleed simultaneously.
Nyc Movie Guru
3.1
Expectations were low for this superhero summer blockbuster wannabe, with Ryan Reynolds, and it meets them head on.
Js Online
3.8
Even the real villain in the film is a disembodied, smoke like force of evil that looks like something right out of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver ..
Movie Crypt
3.5
Green Lantern Synopsis In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries.
Movie Web
3.3
The good, it should be said, is very good.It looks spectacular, particularly during the frequent trips to outer space.
ComingSoon
2.8
Its that bad dialogue and narration that often keeps the movie from delivering.
ComingSoon
2.0
Sarsgaard himself puts on a good performance, but its spoiled by an incredible amount of foreshadowing.If you want the audience to feel any tension as ..
Shockya
3.0
Amazingly, while the movie universe is littered with lesser comic book heroes, this is the first outing for one of the genres most enduring creations.
Sky
3.1
Many of the effects are good, trippy fun, and the 3 D conversion is A OK (a definite pro).But a movie that advocates the power of imagination might ha ..
Chron
1.5
Director Martin Campbell clearly favours spectacle and style over actual substance, to the extent that it is almost impossible to engage with any of t ..
What Culture
3.8
What works: Its a solid slice of summertime entertainment, built around dazzling visual effects and Ryan Reynolds significant charm.
No La
2.5
The only difference is it has better special effects and adds a superhero element.
Scene Stealers
2.5
Theres a possibly delusional promise of a sequel at the enda notion dependent on whether this rather limp opening installment covers its outsized expe ..
reason
3.0
This is pure popcorn entertainment, a one dimensional outing that is more in the ballpark of Thor and Fantastic Four than anything else.
Scifi Now
1.9
The feature has scale and interest in action, but its a soulless thrill ride, making a familiar comic book commotion without a sparkling personality o ..
Scifi Movie Page
2.0
Bizarre) about the screenplay penned by no less than four screenwriters is how absolutely free of subtext it is.
Streaming Quickflix
3.0
Unlike most comic book superhero extravaganzas, this adaptation of the DC Comics spacemen recruit brave human franchise actually makes effective use o ..
East Bay Express
1.2
Things blow up real good and people fly nearly at the speed of light, but its all empty calories.
From The Balcony
3.0
Apart from having no particular reason to exist onscreen, especially at these prices, its not half bad.
Ny Mag
3.0
Reynolds makes a superb lead, capturing the charisma and charm of the character perfectly.
The National
2.2
Good superhero films exhibit some level of fascination with the extraordinary.
Film Blather
3.1
If DC would step back and focus itself on a consistency with its film licensing, they might have more successes like Dark Knight and fewer flops like ..
Cinema Sight
3.0
Following the classic superhero movie structure, its a film that feels familiar and easy to get into, even if much of the action and plot is utter non ..
Fan The Fire Magazine
3.1
The ironic timing of opening nationwide on Fathers Day weekend couldnt be more strategically perfect, because this entertaining movie provides dads, w ..
Entertainment Spectrum
3.0
Like Thor, this goofy comic book actioner pushes the decibel level and delivers its thrills in glorious 3D.
Daily Film Fix
2.5
Campbells CG heavy action boasts his usual lucidity and fleetness, even if too many set pieces race by without building to a satisfyingly thrilling co ..
Nicks Chager
2.5
Kaley Cuoco might be recovering from shoulder surgery, but from the looks of it, her dogs are thoroughly enjoying their down time with the Big Bang Th ..
Us Magazine
3.5
Luckily, there is at least one hilarious moment.Ill just tease it here.
The Scorecard Review
2.0
Indeed, X Men: The Last Stand and Wolverine are better than Green Lantern.This was DC and Warner Bros. best bet yet at establishing a deeper bullpen o ..
Movies Ign
2.0
Ryan Reynolds is great. This is the second comic book movie hasnt lived up to him.
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2.0
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5.0
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Ny Press
3.1
By Sean OConnell Hollywoodnews.com: All eyes are on Green Lantern this weekend as Warner Bros. tries to roll out a new superhero franchise for a D.C. ..
Hollywood News
2.5
In between some great special effects set pieces is a plodding story that seems to head in one direction then another.
Crazed Fan Boy
2.5
Is its problem the flat, brain dead script.The painful lurches in momentum anytime the drab romance is dragged front and center
The Diva Review
2.5
While the film clearly has a lot of potential for something very fun, the end result is a boring march through much treaded territory.
Flixist
2.0
Setting up a fantasy world that blends with our own should not be an encumbrance movies have been doing it since cinema began and in the realm of supe ..
Standard Net Au
2.5
There was a lot of potential in Green Lantern, almost all of it squandered.
Bad Ass Digest
3.5
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Sfx
1.0
And nothing but empty platitudes and hammy jokes can escape these actors lips thanks to the screenwriting by committee approach.
D Cist
2.2
So Green Lantern crash landed at the box office this past weekend, and who can imagine why.A third tier hero most famous for a ring thats charged by a ..
Movie Juice
2.5
The results of such a shaky concoction of ideas is what I refer to as a kitchen sink picture.
Blu Ray Ign
1.0
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News Of The World
2.5
The end result is worse than mere apathy at yet another alien world crammed with George Lucas style crapola: I no longer believe a man can fly.DC has ..
Blogs Houston Press
3.0
Just what have we done to deserve this blurry onslaught of masks, spandex and special effects at the expense of stunning A lister action thrillers, ch ..
Birmingham Mail
1.0
Two fine supporting actors, Tim Robbins and Angela Bassett, are given far too little to do.The quips, jokes and zippy one liners that you might reason ..
American Profile
3.0
Less would probably be more in this case.But I would be really happy to see a sequel a simpler, tighter sequel.
Movie City News
2.0
Green Lantern is a moronic superhero. Ryan Reynolds is too cool to play such a lame character. There...I said it.
Tucson Weekly
2.0
In addition, the screenplay is filled with too much exposition, and the over written story while faithful to its source material takes all the fun out ..
Access Hollywood
2.2
Comic books, like baseball, like fantasy fiction, like freaking Civil War reenacters, allow you to go so far down the rabbit hole of obsession that, u ..
Yahoo Movies
2.5
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Wd Times
1.9
The action sequences are well choreographed, the dialogue is often cheeky and funny, the performances are endearingly hammy particularly by Peter Sars ..
Hono Lulu Pulse
2.5
Strongs performance as Sinestro is reason enough to see the film rather than Reynolds campy performance.
Black Filim
2.0
If it focused more on the Earthly storyline and developed its main three characters better, it could have been a decent flick.
Breit Bart
3.1
Its really a shame this fantasy adventure arrives in a summer swamped by superheroes.
Cinema Dope
2.5
But my brittle little heart is twinging in anticipation of what Im about to do Im about to pan a Ryan Reynolds movie.Let me just get this out of the w ..
Camp Blood
3.1
Superhero films are all the rage right now.This couldnt be better for a comic book geek.
Jeffrey Manderson Blog Spo ..
3.5
The films first hour is just a mess, as the mythology with the aliens is laid out in a boring and nonsensical way that no one who hasnt read the comic ..
Upper More Land
1.9
Green Lantern is one of the weakest comic book superhero adaptations weve had in awhile, but I still couldnt quite bring myself to hate it.
Captain Critic Blogspot
2.0
More fun than Thor, because the constructs are just more fun to watch than big dudes hitting each other.
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