Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
 
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5 Reviews:
| Review by | IGN |
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| Submitted on | 2011-08-22 16:20:24 |
| Rating | 7 |
| It's a shame, because Rise of the Planet of the Apes had the potential to be a truly great film. As it stands, it's good, it's solid -- it's a reboot (sorry Fox!) that mostly gets it right. It's also chockfull of inside gags for Apes fans, from character names to lines of dialogue to an actual passing reference to Heston's space voyage which started it all in 1968. In fact, sometimes these references are too abundant, as when the famous "damned, dirty ape" line is inserted into what otherwise should be one of the dramatic highpoints of the film, resulting in a muddled, half-jokey feel. But still… Caesar and his fellow rebels. They make it all worthwhile. And if their uprising seems slightly hollow at times, remember that they can't help it if they're so much more intelligent than us humans. Don't hate them because they're smart; Caesar made them that way. | |
| Review by | NY Times |
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| Submitted on | 2011-08-22 16:19:27 |
| If you wanted to indulge in some old-school 1970s-style paranoia, you could see an analogy between our world, in which digital characters are fast catching up to their human counterparts, and that of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” which clears the stage for a coming ape revolution (and doubtless more movies). But that wouldn’t jibe with Mr. Wyatt’s genial, untroubled take on the apocalypse. Though it skews grim in a Dickensian primate facility where Caesar learns some hard truths under heavy hands — and where you could swear the fuzzy inmates chant a protest that sounds remarkably like “Attica! Attica!” — the film is largely, perversely upbeat. It’s the end of the world as we know it, and the animals feel fine. | |
| Review by | Time Magazine |
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| Submitted on | 2011-08-22 16:18:06 |
| Chimpan-tastic! Even if you don't buy Rise as a semiprofound social document, the utterly seductive integration of apes and men should slacken your jaw in amazement. We have reached that moment in movie history when the century-long chasm between live action and animation has been closed; Rise is a seamless blend of the two. It marks a major advance over Avatar, for it allows the motion-capture actors and the "real" ones to interact in natural locations — in the wild, so to speak — beyond Avatar's enclosed fantasyland of the planet Pandora. Technical innovation is sometimes yoked to leaden narratives, but Wyatt and his collaborators made sure to wed their visual strategies to potent themes. The result is a work of high, often thrilling popular art. | |
| Review by | Rotten Tomatoes |
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| Submitted on | 2011-08-22 16:16:28 |
| Rating | 8 |
| Led by Rupert Wyatt's stylish direction, some impressive special effects, and a mesmerizing performance by Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes breathes unlikely new life into a long-running franchise. | |
| Review by | The Guardian |
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| Submitted on | 2011-08-22 16:15:47 |
| Rating | 8 |
| The prequel to the Charlton Heston classic may not be quite so brilliant as its predecessor, but is still a cheerfully entertaining satire | |
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