“Jill’s sister is not the only thing missing from Gone: Tension, thrills, scares and a remotely satisfying ending are also MIA.” Matt Singer, Time Out Chicago

“...suspension of disbelief seems damn near impossible.” Jimmy O, JoBlo’s Movie Emporium

“The title refers to your 12 bucks. This movie is as amateurish as Amanda Seyfried is pretty.” Scott Weinberg, FEARnet

“Gone is a mystery/thriller that is neither mysterious nor thrilling.” Matthew Pejkovic, Matt’s Movie Reviews

“As rote and unimaginative as its title.” Thomas Leupp, Hollywood.com

“A thriller so fixated on red herrings that viewers may stop caring if anyone’s really in danger.” John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter

“Which stinks worse? The absurdly large pile of red herrings Gone amasses? Or the film’s sub-Scooby Doo conclusion?” Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly

“Not even cutie-pie Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon can hold our attention for long in this ridiculous, bombastic romance.” Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

“This means wah?” James Verniere, Boston Herald

“Note to Witherspoon: This Means War is the sort of consumer product you’re supposed to test before you win an Academy Award, not after.” Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

“Nearly totally laugh-, chemistry- and coherence-free, this fiasco from the director of Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle has a script whose sensible parts would fit on a napkin with enough room left over for the Gettysburg Address.” Lou Lumenick, New York Post

“A trio of appealing actors is trapped in an action-spiked romcom, death-sentenced by a lack of humor, heart and a coherent reason for being.” Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

“This perfectly dreadful romantic action comedy manages to embarrass its three eminently attractive leading players in every scene, making this an automatic candidate for whatever raspberries or golden turkeys or other dubious awards may be given.” Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

“Guns fire. Cars careen. Paintballs hit crotches. Reese Witherspoon bugs her eyes. Chris Pine acts like an ass. Tom Hardy looks disinterested. Repeat. Vomit.” Nick Rogers, Suite101.com

“Having real-life Navy SEALs play fictional versions of themselves results in some convincing action scenes, and dialogue more wooden than a dime store Indian.” Christopher Lloyd, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

“Fighting is a learned skill; so is acting. And the SEAL stars are plausible only when on maneuvers—performing as their own stunt doubles.” Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

“Act of Valor plays like a highly favorable SEALs tribute placed atop a vaguely bogus storyline.” Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

“The filmmakers are so intent on shooting the real SEAL deal that they forget this is supposed to be a movie: We need a story.” Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle

“Simplistic Valor lacks the courage to face reality.” Charles Koplinski, Illinois Times

“Employing Navy troops as stars is a clever idea for an action thriller. But the soldiers’ awkward line readings are glaring enough to distract from the potency of the story.” Claudia Puig, USA Today

“Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 is coming out later this year, right? So at least this will only be the 2nd worst vampire-vs.-werewolf movie of 2012.” Anders Wotzke, Cut Print Review

“At least they don’t sparkle.” Rob Vaux, Mania.com

“It’s not awful enough to be considered truly dreadful but it’s just shockingly asleep for a movie subtitled ‘Awakening.’” Brian Tallerico, HollywoodChicago.com

“With Awakening, the vampires-vs.-werewolves Underworld franchise has finally decayed beyond the point of repair.” Nick Schager, Boxoffice Magazine

“Pitiless, puerile, pointless and perfunctory - and those are just the ‘P’s’” Roger Moore, Dallas Morning News

“Yet more vampire-vs.-werewolf battles from the fang franchise that is even more boring than Twilight.” Siobhan Synnot, Scotsman