Strange Days 1995

Critics score:
63 / 100

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Janet Maslin, New York Times: Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Though the creators of Strange Days may well be interested in its dramatic and thematic elements, they do not have the same touch for these moments as they do for camera pyrotechnics. Read more

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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Once the premise has lost its promise, and Fiennes's brave attempts at characterization are sacrificed to pseudo-dazzle, everything appears awfully humdrum and, yes, distinctly dated. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's big, explosive entertainment and, although not directed by Cameron, is very much in the vein we've come to expect from him. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's fascinating the way Bigelow is able to suggest so much of VR's impact (and dangers) within a movie - a form of VR that's a century old. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Bigelow is so enamored of high-tech thrills, and so mesmerized by the violence she seeks to condemn, that her efforts at 11th-hour moralizing seem limp and halfhearted. Read more

Jack Kroll, Newsweek: Director Kathryn Bigelow comes closer than any other filmmaker to turning movies into a virtual reality trip. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Read more