Critic Reviews

• Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

  The incomprehensible back story didn't dim my enjoyment much. The movie is a crackerjack audio-visual thrill ride.

• Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

  Fans, go be with your people. Others, approach cautiously.

• Andy Webster, New York Times

  The widescreen canvas is an improvement over television's limited expanse. But if you're not among the indoctrinated, don't bother.

• David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle

  This is a very intelligent, well-plotted story - and my hunch is that we have not seen the last of our heroes.

• Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times

  At some point you have to ask: When are fantasy fans going to tire of heroes and villains throwing bolts of energy at each other? Give it a rest already!

• Tom Russo, Boston Globe

  Soporific exposition culminates in a visually chaotic final act that makes "Tintin'' look downright restrained.

• Jeffrey M. Anderson, Common Sense Media

  The movie is gorgeously animated and has many powerful images and ideas.

• Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru

  Exhilarating, intelligent and compelling with plenty of surprises and dazzling animation.

• Kalvin Henely, Slant Magazine

  The Sacred Star of Milos manages to be an entertaining and faithful expansion on the original material while being inconsequential to it.

• Maddy Myers, Boston Phoenix

  This is a gripping mystery in its own right, and even retains the original Japanese voice actors (with subtitles).

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