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[jenk]

I somehow think the reviews of Angels & Demons may be more amusing than the movie itself.

A. O. Scott:

Its preposterous narrative, efficiently rendered by the blue-chip screenwriting team of Akiva Goldsman and David Koepp, unfolds with the locomotive elegance of a Tintin comic or an episode of “Murder, She Wrote.” Mr. Howard’s direction combines the visual charm of mass-produced postcards with the mental stimulation of an easy Monday crossword puzzle. It could be worse.

The only people likely to be offended by “Angels & Demons” are those who persist in their adherence to the fading dogma that popular entertainment should earn its acclaim through excellence and originality. It is therefore not surprising that the public reaction so far has been notably calm. [...]

Robert Ebert:

This kind of film requires us to be very forgiving, and if we are, it promises to entertain. "Angels & Demons" succeeds.

[...] Why not just blow up the place? What is the purpose of the scavenger hunt? Has it all been laboriously constructed as a test of Langdon's awesome knowledge? [...] I don't know, and, reader, there is no time to care.