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On balance this is a serviceable thriller with plenty of exciting moments.

Scott wrings out every last drop of suspense from the film.

To think that Ridley Scott provoked so much tension and dread from just one is strange. When they are all over you, it makes for a superior sequel.

The sheer unexplained terror of the Aliens is more than enough to make them watchable.

There is much in Avatar that is broadly drawn, clichéd even – but it is also these very things which might just earn it the status of a classic.

Where the story stumbles, the film is carried forward by action.

Ponderous but glorious.

The runt of a bountiful litter.

Howard’s documentary is candid and enlightening.

Oddball, endearing, and very, very funny.

Nagy and her screenwriters’ disciplined refusal to pursue grandiose storylines results in a well-earned sense of community.

Bueno supports the interviews with clips from the film and behind-the-scenes archive footage chosen not just for colour but to let us see what is under discussion at every stage.

Throw away The Bible and let's look at this thing afresh

The film should be hilarious, but isn't.

A ridiculous idea spun into a film that skilfully mixes genuine laughs with genuine frights and chills.

The latter part of the movie labours as Reitman aims firmly for the rose-tinted jugular of parents courtesy of cameo appearances that don't sit comfortably within the fabric of the film.

A deceptively simple story, formulaic in places, but full of intriguing undercurrents.

Even the sex goddess of all things Alien cannot inject eroticism into a plain script.

What on earth Weaver thinks she's doing in such a tangled mess is difficult to understand.

Struggles with pacing.

Weaver...hasn’t had a role this rich for years, and is magnificent throughout.

Bayona knows how to turn the screw of sentiment, not so much jerking tears as gradually filling a well of sadness until it can't help but spill out.

Though it's not on a par with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's best work, it's hard to imagine anybody not enjoying it.

Ultimately the in-your-face style and confusing story stop the emotions from getting truly under your skin.

Suffers from excess in almost every department.

Rickman is at his best.

This has the feel of a serial condensed to a feature.

It has little teen humour, with the majority of the cast unlikely to see 40 again, and there is not enough plot substance to constitute an incentive for the older crowd.

The film’s busyness blankets everything in noise and confusion.

Gentle, touching, amusing, terrifying, shocking and dramatic all rolled up into a beautifully shot and skilfully rendered film.

A charming pastiche of the whole SF genre.

Its deft handling of feminist issues make it all the more ironic that it has been dismissed as trivial when in many ways it's the female equivalent of Wall Street.