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Stephen Holden, New York Times: A choppy, unsuspenseful succession of chases, melodramatic showdowns and routine special effects. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Attempts at detailed characterization don't work particularly well, and there's a love story that feels as forced as it is superfluous - although even that isn't as unnecessary as the film's final ten minutes. Read more
Derek Adams, Time Out: There's no suspense (ETs rampage from the word go); no frissons (loud hailers telegraph the shocks); and it's insufficiently bright to be an hommage. Read more
Richard Harrington, Washington Post: The Puppet Masters occasionally lives up to its reputation, but the delay between story conception and celluloid conversion has clearly wilted its power and potential. Read more