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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Planet of the Apes isn't a real Burton movie; it's just another summer title in a monkey suit. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A visually extravagant but curiously flat, muted adventure -- one so lackadaisically plotted and structured that it's easy to lose track of what is happening on the screen, even though there's never much to keep track of to begin with. Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: Mission accomplished, and in high style. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Begins with both polish and promise and boasts consistently strong visuals. But plot structure, never a Burton forte, dissolves in a fizzle of fits and start, and the ending is a real groaner. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: This century's Planet of the Apes is a rouser, a screaming-banshee fun house. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: The movie can be both a gas and distant, a toy sealed in its unbreakable box. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Burton provides plenty of eye candy and a few giggles, but ultimately his film has little soul. Read more
David Edelstein, Slate: Offers proof of Hollywood's simian instincts: Monkey see old hit, monkey do remake. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: Works equally well as a popcorn adrenaline-heart-pumper as it does a pop-philosophical inquiry into the nature of humanity. Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The movie isn't interested in scoring any genuine cultural points; it just recycles second-hand social cliches while biding time for the big chases and generic action scenes. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: The sad truth about Planet of the Apes is that, disappointingly, it's just not very much fun to watch. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: As it is, it's one of Burton's lesser works -- above the goofy Mars Attacks!, but below Sleepy Hollow and his Batman films when it comes to earnest adventure. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: It's a shame, because visually the film is astounding. Burton's bold style and unique point of view are front and center. Yet Apes is a classic example of 'all dressed up with nowhere to go.' Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: As is all too familiar with modern adventure movies, it gets trapped in formula - big action scenes that offer few surprises, a predictable story arc, dialogue peppered with cliched bon mots and obligatory big ideas that are spoken rather than dramatized. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Features backlot spectacle, a cast of hundreds battle, a weak whisper of gladiatorial vengeance -- everything, in fact, but imagination. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: The picture just feels listless at the centre. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Tim Roth dominates as the big bad ape, the set design is inspired, but you might say the human element is lacking. And that ending? Possibly written by a chimp. Read more
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: One more disappointment in a summer of lackluster 'event pictures.' Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Ten years from now, it will be the 1968 version that people are still renting. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: By the time the picture rattled to its confusing and badly conceived ending, I couldn't help wishing it had somehow added up to more. Read more
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: The summer blockbuster we've been waiting for. Read more
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today: There's one reason to see Tim Burton's flawed, somewhat declawed but often amusing do-over of Planet of the Apes. The apes. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: A campy, juiced-up ker-splat, busy with clumsy pyrotechnics and never nearing the vicinity of satire. Read more