Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

"In its heedless energy and joy, it reminded me of how I felt the first time I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark."

"The actors are reduced to puppets and ciphers..."

"It's as if you're sitting in front of an outsize comic book with a speed reader as page-turner."

"(Paltrow is) spectacularly miscast here — whiny and stilted when she should be sassy, sexy, and all-action."

"What's initially dazzling becomes stifling."

"A triumph not only for its technical mastery but for its good taste."

"Alas, the finest technology money can buy can't disguise basic flaws in plotting and structure, and flatly written, blandly heroic protagonists."

"Kerry Conran turns out to know everything about '30s stories except how to tell them."

"Paltrow’s wan performance of an underwritten character is a major letdown, mostly but not entirely alleviated by sideliners like (Ribisi and Jolie)..."

"Sky Captain is a gorgeous, funny, and welcome novelty."