80% for its era, 70% across time – a classic. Chevy Chase’s best work.

Not sure why the consensus is that this is much worse than the original, when it is just as good. Also don’t know why Ryan Reynolds hasn’t been part of a reboot as yet. We’ll see if Sudeikis can hold a candle.

Left too much meat on the bone of a very good premise.

Not certain how we’re supposed to feel about any of the characters, other than that of Giovanni Ribisi, who is well-cast as someone easy to dislike.

Made-for-television quality teen drama.

Powerful, with a command performance from Gleeson as he ministers a decidedly amoral and ungrateful parish.

Guilty pleasure.

I think both this and the original would be deemed equally cheesy by most teenagers today. In terms of the remake, that is either an accomplishment, or a question about why it needed to exist.

Formulaic with too many ingredients. The only characters necessary were the child and the robots. As if an ex-boxer (Jackman) could teach anything to a video game fanatic about manning a remote controller. And the token love interest (Lilly), completely superfluous… it’s as if she had nothing better to do after escaping a remote island or something.

Builds an excellent crescendo of frustration.