This starry ensemble dazzles, but the film never comes fully alive until its climactic 20 minutes, which are deeply moving.
40
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Quite a spectacle, but the movie falls flat.
40
Film.comRobert Horton
Film.comRobert Horton
A weirdly stillborn experience.
38
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Consumerism is running more amok than ever, but this satire of it isn't.
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Vonnegut's brand of juvenile surrealism...doesn't age especially well...but it could hardly be worse served than to be brought to the screen with such ham-fisted literal-mindedness.
25
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
This is the most-off-the-mark adaptation of a novel since Brian DePalma's what-was-that "Bonfire of the Vanities."