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BBC Movies Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera - http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/12/06/the_phantom_of_the_opera_2004_review.shtml
Joel Schumacher's take on Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical will have you wailing in agony. Reviewed by Stella Papamichael. |
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Hybridmagazine.com: The Phantom of the Opera - http://www.hybridmagazine.com/films/1204/phantom.shtml
Overall, Phantom is a not-so-ambitious musical adaptation that does little to establish itself as a movie or true spectacle. Review by Jeffrey “The Vile One” Harris. |
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Reeling: The Phantom of the Opera - http://www.reelingreviews.com/thephantomoftheopera.htm
The songs generally suffer on the screen, with only the Phantom's organ-driven theme and the sexual frenzy of the climatic 'Past the Point of No Return' having any real energy. |
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Flipside Movie Emporium: The Phantom of the Opera Movie Review - http://www.flipsidemovies.com/phantomoftheopera.html
The Phantom of the Opera presents nothing that hasn't been done better elsewhere, counting on audience goodwill to excuse the problems its sound and fury can never quite conceal. |
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dOc DVD Review: The Phantom of the Opera - http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=8572
The highly underrated film adaptation of the beloved musical/opera, packed with valuable extras, becomes one of the first pictures to reach the new format of HD-DVD. |
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VillageVoice: The Phantom Of The Opera - http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0451,morales,59427,20.html
Casting directors should know by now what countless bad musicals have shown: Just because you can carry a tune doesn't mean you can carry a whole movie. By Jorge Morales. |
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Cinema In Focus: The Phantom of the Opera - http://www.cinemainfocus.com/phantomoftheopera.htm
A social and spiritual commentary by Hal Conklin and Denny Wayman. |
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Ebert & Roeper: The Phantom of the Opera - http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/041227.html
Audio review of the film includes song snippets. Mp3 format. |
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EW.com: The Phantom of the Opera - http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1011985_1_0_,00.html
The Phantom's lair, which should be a place of monstrous mystery, is a brightly lit mess of scattered bric-a-brac, complete with unmade bed. Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman. |
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Screen It Review: The Phantom of the Opera - http://www.screenit.com/ourtake/2004/the_phantom_of_the_opera.html
I was bored much of the time, with only a handful of musical numbers and some set designs managing to break that state, if only momentarily. |
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Phantom of the Opera Movie Review - http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/movies/full_review/12128.html
The movie is partially meant to supplement and further explain the stage show, and it succeeds handily. |
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RogerEbert.com - The Phantom of the Opera - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041221/REVIEWS/41201007/1023
The well known movie critic provides an analysis of the 2004 film directed by Joel Schumacher. |
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Let the Spectacle Astound You - http://ercasse-ainince.livejournal.com/30230.html
Set, costumes, filming technique, all came together stunningly to make a great epic of the story of the inmates of the opera house. Review by Ercasse-ainince. |
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Emprie Movies: The Phantom of the Opera Review - http://www.empiremovies.com/reviews/reviews.php?id=1634&thephantomoftheopera.htm
The Phantom of the Opera is quite enjoyable and incredibly well presented. By Will Perkins. |
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IGN: The Phantom of the Opera HD DVD Review - http://uk.dvd.ign.com/articles/792/792665p1.html
Whatever your feeling about Andrew Lloyd Webber and his crowd-pleasing smash hit, this is an eye-opening example of the image and sound capabilities of HD. By Cindy White. |