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The Final Destination Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  It's no exaggeration to say that the actors have less personality than the pipes, nail guns, grinding gears, decaying beams, and slowly spreading oil spills that are fused, with a kind of empty-dread technical precision, into Rube Goldberg torture devices.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Though this latest entry has an OK sense of humor, moves swiftly enough and sports an effective opening sequence of racetrack destruction that puts its Fusion 3-D technology to good use, it mostly comes off as a particularly flimsy excuse to string together a bunch of gory killings.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis

  There used to be entertainment in the dodging and wit in the scripts; now there's 3-D.

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• 30

  out of 100

  Variety

  With an array of gory mayhem only marginally enhanced by 3-D and a plot as developed as a text message, The Final Destination may finally sound the death knell for New Line's near-immortal horror franchise.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  The new gimmick here is that all the flying body parts and absurd impalements come in 3D. And that's about as inspired as anything gets in this edition. Story and character get chucked to the sidelines as the arena has room for only death scenes.

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