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Washington Post Desson Thomson
One fabulous Middle-earth show.
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100
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Gripping, whole and nourishing. Certainly of the fantasy film series currently in American theaters -- I include "Harry Potter and the Secret Toity" and "Star Trek: Halitosis" -- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is the best, and not by just a little.
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Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Casts a spell and then some -- a ringing testament to the power of motion pictures.
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90
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The New York Times A.O. Scott
Never has a film so strongly been a product of a director's respect for its source. Mr. Jackson uses all his talents in the service of that reverence, creating a rare perfect mating of filmmaker and material.
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USA Today Claudia Puig
Epic battles, spectacular effects and multiple story lines make The Two Towers a most excellent middle chapter in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
A rousing adventure, a skillful marriage of special effects and computer animation, and it contains sequences of breathtaking beauty. It also gives us, in a character named the Gollum, one of the most engaging and convincing CGI creatures I've seen.
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75
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
What it comes down to is superbly staged battle scenes and moral alliances forged in earnest yet purged of the wit and dynamic, bristly ego that define true on-screen personality.
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75
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Spectacular in every sense of the word, even if you don' t know an Orc from a Uruk-Hai.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
An outstanding effort that maintains the integrity and purpose that distinguished "The Fellowship of the Ring."
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70
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Los Angeles Times Manohla Dargis
If the second film never reaches the highs of the first -- we have met the players before and there are no new worlds of wonder -- it nonetheless invests moviegoing with a sense of adventure.
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