Arts & Entertainment

MOVIE REVIEW: Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion' is a'Moderately Clever Mindbender'

Oblivion opens this weekend.

Tom Cruise leads a cast of well known actors in his latest thriller, out this weekend.

Oblivion is rated PG-13 and runs 126 minutes. It is now playing at Cherokee 16 Cinemas in Towne Lake. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the links above.

Here's what the critics are saying:

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"The good news: Here's a lavish, serious science-fiction picture, one that on occasion transcends big-budget hit-making convention to glance against grandeur...Which brings us to Tom Cruise, the not-necessarily-good news. However engaging its end-times mysteries, Oblivion is still a Tom Cruise movie." Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice. Full Review

"A moderately clever dystopian mindbender with a gratifying human pulse, despite some questionable narrative developments along the way." Justin Chang, Variety. Full Review

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Movie information aggregated from MovieFone.com

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