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Despite the raw power of its performances, the film suffers from an impulse to spell out some of its points.

The writers, Michael (The Player) Tolkin and Bruce Joel (Ghost) Rubin are award winners. Why have they churned out a run-of-the-mildew script that makes Volcano read like a tight human interest item?

Scriptwriters Nat Mauldin and Larry Levin lack vision to lift the movie out of TV sitcomland.

[Bullock] stretches those irresponsible muscles. It suits her. Affleck still can't match his performance in Chasing Amy.

Buttons are pushed, emotions manipulated.

If you're looking for something to while away a weekday evening or waste a carefree afternoon, you're in for a treat.

They say this is based on a couple of Chekhov's shorter prose works. If so, everything was lost in translation.

Told in an accessible and reassuringly crowd-pleasing way.

The first two acts are so strong, it's almost a shame that the invasion plot arrives, and things start blowing up real good.

The film deserves five stars for Pacino's performance alone, but relies too heavily upon him.

An epic biopic with charm, finesse and very few flaws.

A complex film where the real story unravels in the background.

Aaron Sorkin's scripts are witty, informative and character-driven.