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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Experience says that the weaker the story, effects or both in these contemporary sci-fi/effects/action spectaculars, the more they juice up the sound. Happily, The 6th Day stands as a modest exception to the rule. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Despite Arnold's shortcomings in the warmth category, The 6th Day is a solid adventure yarn, a good futuristic flick and a strong visual experience. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: If replicating the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger was truly a pressing possibility, we'd get superior knockoffs of better days than this. Read more
Robert Cashill, Newsweek: The studios should enact their own '6th Day Law' prohibiting the carbon-copy duplication of elements from scenario to scenario. Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A clone itself, borrowing elements from Arnold's Total Recall plus a few ideas from Blade Runner and Face/Off, all of which are much better movies. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Halfhearted dialogue and acting. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The filmmakers are too willing to do whatever they think will push the audience's button. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: A fast-action, well-paced, clever sci-fi thriller that should go far toward erasing the bad aftertaste caused by last year's End Of Days. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: A product of the trained-chimpanzee school of screenwriting. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: For Arnold's career, at least, it's not quite the end of days. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Taking anything too seriously in a movie as cretinous as The 6th Day is a big mistake: Each time you think someone's actually done some thinking, they'll prove you wrong. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: This movie plays like something picked up at a vintage store; you can see all the greasy fingerprints from those who have handled it before. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A well-crafted entertainment containing enough ideas to qualify it as science fiction and not just as a futurist thriller. Read more
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: This movie knows how to entertain. Read more