80
Time Out London by Tom Huddleston
This hugely entertaining oddity could never be mistaken for the work of any other filmmaker.
Chappie
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- South Africa,
- United States
- 2015
- · 120m
Director
Neill Blomkamp
Cast
Sharlto Copley,
Dev Patel,
Hugh Jackman,
Ninja,
Yo-Landi Visser,
Sigourney Weaver
Genre
Crime,
Action,
Science Fiction
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.
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75
The Playlist by Drew Taylor
Between the charming Copley performance, the ingenious visuals, the absolutely incredible all-electronic Hans Zimmer score (seriously, this is one of his best ever), and the propulsive narrative thrust (Blomkamp is rarely singled out for how swiftly he moves things along, plot holes be damned), there is a lot to appreciate and even love about Chappie.
60
The Telegraph by Robbie Collin
It’s a brawny, inventive action romp that’s as happy firing rockets at helicopters as it is contemplating the Cartesian model of mind-body dualism, which gives it a satisfying, sweet-and-sour tang of its own.
60
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
Chappie is a broad, brash picture, which does not allow itself to get bogged down in arguing about whether or not “artificial intelligence” is possible. It has subversive energy and fun.
50
IndieWire
While it has a few appealing qualities, as a whole it amounts to a well-intentioned bag of missed opportunities.
40
Screen Daily by Tim Grierson
Chappie is a bucket of bolts, Blomkamp’s desire to say meaningful things outdistancing his ability to say them compellingly.
40
Screen International by Tim Grierson
Chappie is a bucket of bolts, Blomkamp’s desire to say meaningful things outdistancing his ability to say them compellingly.
40
TheWrap by James Rocchi
It’s too bad that neither the philosophy nor the pyrotechnics on-screen in Chappie can distract you from your own sinking feeling that you’ve seen almost all of this before.
30
Variety by Justin Chang
Intelligence, artificial or otherwise, is one of the major casualties of Chappie, a robot-themed action movie that winds up feeling as clunky and confused as the childlike droid with which it shares its name.
30
The Hollywood Reporter by Todd McCarthy
With unappealing one-note characters, retread concepts and implausible motivations, Chappie is a further downward step for director Neill Blomkamp.
25
Movie Nation by Roger Moore
Wrongheaded in conception, eye-rolling in execution, Chappie is a childish blend of the cute robot goofiness of “Short Circuit,” and the bloody-minded mayhem of “Robocop.” Neill Blomkamp, the director of “District 9,” has utterly exhausted his supply of South African sci-fi ideas with this disaster, an excruciating two hours of your life you will fear, quite rightly, ever getting back.
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