'9' Movie Reviews Are Mixed: Great Visuals, Not Much Else

‘9′ gets a 6.2 from critics

I think the whole plan for “9″ the movie started with the date. I would bet a big payday cash advance they came up with the release date before they came up with the idea for the movie. On 09-09-09, Tim Burton, director Shane Acker and Focus Features released “9″ the movie, and for all the hype and planning, the “9″ movie reviews were decidedly … mediocre.
The bevy of critics at both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic gave “9″ an average score of 62 percent. While that is not great news for a $33 million film, 62 percent also means more than half the critics who wrote “9″ movie reviews liked it. To use Metacritic’s terminology, it got “generally favorable reviews.

Despite the reviews, I am certain the “9″ movie will make its $33 million back, and I predict it’ll make another $50 million or $60 million on top of that. If it weren’t for the fact that critics have made it clear this PG-13 film is too intense for young kids, I think it’d crack $100 million.

Good review

The New York Post compares the movie “9″ to another recent sci-fi release “District 9.” The major difference between these flicks is that “District 9″ is live-action, while “9″ the move is all CGI, with characters that resemble crocheted dolls.

“Where the two films differ are Acker’s intoxicatingly rich visuals for the devastated world of “9,” which draw extensively on the steampunk style. “9″ may not be an instant classic like “Wall-E,” but it signals the arrival of Shane Acker as an audacious new talent to watch.”

Bad review

New York Magazine says this about “9″: “The movie is dreary and monotonous, the vision junky in more ways than one.”

“It’s hard to get worked up about yet another post apocalyptic fantasy in which it’s the machines that have exterminated mankind.” But even New York Magazine’s bored critc admits the visuals are stunning.