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Mirthless, episodic fantasy saga.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Arizona Republic by Bill Goodykoontz
Percy Jackson isn't a great movie, but it's a good one, trotting out kernels of Greek mythology like so many Disney Channel references. For the most part, it works.
63
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Joe Williams
The CGI effects are a familiar sort and so is the heroic-quest motif. The principal virtue in this modest entertainment is that the young characters act like real teenagers.
50
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
Suggests that this could be the start of something adequate. Something big would've been nicer, though the movie's limitations are less a matter of scale than of imagination.
63
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
May not be so deep or richly imagined as J.K. Rowling's universe of magic and Muggles, but the film is populated by likable characters, great special effects and a neat premise.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Director Chris Columbus has fun with this goofy premise, but as always I am distracted by the practical aspects of the story. Does it bother the Greek gods that no one any longer knows or cares that they rule the world? What are the genetic implications of human/god interbreeding?
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Orlando Sentinel by Roger Moore
For what it is and for whom it is intended, it’s not a bad movie, just an indifferent one.