| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 2/4) |
| As groundbreaking and inventive as some of the visuals may be in "Final Fantasy:
The Spirits Within," it is also one crushing bore of a movie. Hardly spirited or
involving is putting it mildly - it is completely ineffectual. At least Angelina
Jolie had...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C-) |
| A man (Denis Leary) finds himself as an inmate at a mental hospital. He has
no memory of his past and only fleeting glimpses of the time he was found
in a gravel quarry, hypothermic and bleeding by the side of a vintage 1953
Ford F-100 pickup truck....more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C) |
| Bill (Denis Leary) wakes up one morning to discover himself locked in a
psychiatric ward. Although his memory is gone, he's convinced he's going
to be given a final injection within 48 hours. His doctor, Anne (Hope
Davis, "Hearts in Atlantis"), remains...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by John Sylva (Rating: C-) |
| The cliche "style over substance" has fittingly been thrown at
numerous pictures this year, but no film is more deserving of the title than
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the latest in the "chilling vision of the
future" genre currently...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Rachel Gordon (Rating: 4/5) |
| Bill (Denis Leary) wakes up in an institution. He is told by his
doctor, Ann (Hope Davis), that he is only there for observation. He can
leave whenever he makes the decision to accept reality. He is gripped
by delusional fantasies that he was frozen...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Cowboy Pictures/ Lions Gate Films
Director: Campbell Scott
Writer: Bruce McIntosh
Cast: Denis Leary, Hope Davis
Screened at: DuArt, NYC, 10/25/01 more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B) |
| Featuring the voice talents of Ming-Na, Ving Rhames,
Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Donald
Sutherland, James Woods. Directed by Hironobu
Sakaguchi. Rated PG-13. more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott (Rating: 1.5/5) |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Ming-na, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames,
Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin. Screenplay by Al Reinert and Jeff Vintar,
from an original story by Hironobu Sakaguchi. Directed by...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN (2001)
Rated PG-13; running time 100 minutes
Genre: Animated (CGI)
Seen at: Jack Lokes' Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.finalfantasy.com/
IMDB site:...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Reviewed by Steve Kong ([email protected])
Copyright (c) 2001 Steve Kong
URL: http://www.ultramookie.com/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=5 more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 6/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "FINAL FANTASY: SPIRITS WITHIN" (Sony Pictures)
There's a far deeper question than whether the movie-makers were
faithful to the inter-active computer game which inspired this animated
fantasy/adventure. This is the...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Aliens beings have taken over the Earth. The great cities are deserted and
precious few humans remain to repel the invaders and reclaim the world for
mankind. Aki Ross (voice of Ming-Na) and her mentor Dr. Sid (voice of
Donald Sutherland) must develop...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Evelyn C. Leeper (Rating: 6/10) |
| CAPSULE: This very dark sci-fi fantasy is magnificent visually
but it has a nearly incoherent plot. FINAL FANTASY is a
Japanese-American co-production entirely animated but with a
very real three-dimensional look and with very...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 5/10) |
| PLOT:
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, our planet has been invaded by phantom aliens.
Few humans remain, but a handful of them actually believe that they can survive
the invasion and reclaim the planet as their own. more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Columbia Pictures/Square Pictures
Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Writer: Al Reinert, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Jeff Vintar
Cast: Voices of Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Peri
Gilpin, Ving Ghames, Donald Sutherland, James...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Dustin Putman (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi.
Voices: Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Peri Gilpin,
Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Keith David.
2001 - 106 minutes
Rated PG-13 (for violence and brief profanity).
Reviewed by Dustin Putman, July 11,...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Annette Cardwell (Rating: 4/5) |
| With a team of 200 graphic artists and animators working on this first
film production from game developer Squaresoft's Square Pictures, Final
Fantasy, inspired by the top-selling game franchise, is visually
awe-inspiring and groundbreaking. No doubt,...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Hironobu Sakaguchi's FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN is such a ground breaking
piece of cinema that it raises fundamental questions about the future of human
actors in motion pictures. Its computer generated humans are astoundingly
lifelike in looks...more |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Tomb Raider has, at press time, already inhaled over $115 million at the box
office, throwing the gauntlet down to this summer's other big
videogame-turned-feature-film, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The game
is wildly popular, selling over 33...more |
