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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Ghost Protocol brims with scenes that are exciting and amazing at the same time; they're brought off with such casual aplomb that they're funny, too.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  A terrific thriller with action sequences that function as a kind of action poetry.

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• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Oscar-winning animator Brad Bird seems to have accomplished the impossible with the fourth Mission: Impossible installment by injecting the 15-year-old series with newfound, breathtaking energy.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Gets back to action basics with globe-trotting, nifty gadgets, high-flying stunts and less loquacious villainy.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  Pixar wizard Brad Bird's live-action debut serves up sights and setpieces of often jaw-dropping ingenuity and visual flair, but it's a movie of dazzling individual parts that don't come together to fully satisfying effect in the final stretch.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Bird has done a stylish and involving job here, turning in an entertaining production that's got considerable visual flair, especially in its action-heavy Imax sections.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  It's not the generic plot that's so memorable, even though its convolutions are clever enough, or the cast of mostly interesting characters, but the surreal swirl of form and color that frequently fills the enormous screen.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy

  The impact of spectacular action on striking international locales is moderated somewhat by the repetitive nature of the challenges faced by this rebooted team of American agents.

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