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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumSky Captain is a gorgeous, funny, and welcome novelty.
- 90The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsAs an imaginative visual experience, there's nothing like it. Today, at least.
- 88PremierePeter DebrugePremierePeter DebrugeConran's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a pastiche of everything from "King Kong" to "The Wizard of Oz," a movie that escalates to a breathless cliff-hanger every 20 minutes or so and reinvents itself with every reel.
- 88Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe film's save-the-world scenario may be the stuff of crusty cliff-hangers, its imagery may be borrowed, and its jaunty dialogue anything but deep, but there's something exhilarating going on here. It's darn sublime.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenOther than the actors, their costumes, and a few props, everything in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is digital illusion, and the effects are often exhilarating.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyArresting at first but gradually trails off under the weight of its hyper-derivativeness and anxiety to please.
- 70Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufThe filmmakers' investment in their weird visions is wildly unorthodox, but the payoff is oddly satisfying.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenToo fixated on 1939 for its own good. Its passionate immersion in a past that only dimly resonates with younger audiences may be a badge of its integrity, but that immersion trumps its vision of the future and leaves us in a land of nostalgia.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezFor all its Buck Rogers-style derring-do, gorgeous vistas of an Art Deco New York and sepia-toned cinematography, Sky Captain is a static, uninvolving experience.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittCrass and soulless.