Shyamalan misslyckas, igen

Att M. Night Shyamalala-Dingdong inte skulle kunna sätta ihop en bra film om så hans liv stod på spel, vet vi allihopa. Sjätte sinnet var bevisligen rena flaxet eftersom gubben i princip enbart gjort skit sedan dess. Sist ut är Will Smith-rullen After Earth som nu vrålsågas av amerikanska kritiker.

New York Daily News (1/10)
Summer 2013 has its first bomb, and sadly, it's landed right on Will Smith.

Film.com (1/10)
After Earth stupefies us with nonsense, such little thought and logic went into this idea that it can't even be considered a rough draft, this is a movie almost daring an audience to emotionally detach throughout.

San Francisco Chronicle (3/10)
Jaden is not ready for his solo spotlight, and the film is the same action over and over. Another bad movie from Shyamalan.

Chicago Sun-Times (3/10)
Quite simply, this is one of the worst films of 2013.

Rolling Stone Magazine (3/10)
The young Smith has energy, but not the acting chops. And he's no miracle worker. The burden of carrying this dull, lifeless movie is just too much. And it's hell on an audience. It's not a good sign when you sit there thinking "Make. It. Stop!"

Slant Magazine (4/10)
The art of storytelling is both of distinct narrative interest and personal issue in the latest payload of calcified nonsense from one of modern cinema's oddest would-be auteurs.

Det stank fränt av dunderflopp redan när den första trailern (inte teasern, den var rätt spännande) dök upp, i och för sig. Jag är därmed inte ett dugg förvånad.