Plenty of neat technologies and visuals keep us intently watching. Once the action has subsided, however, and we begin to think about this world, it doesn’t add up.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 30, 2023

It's clear that the writers aren't trying to hide the silliness of the concepts their world is based upon.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 29, 2020

Requires the letting go of logic and a certain surrendering to the wonder of technological potential in the world.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 24, 2020

Somewhere in the super-boring part, they add a cliché twist to the already cliché plot, and if you give it even a tiny bit of thought, an ending you can spot within the first 15 minutes. I walked out entirely disappointed.

| Mar 9, 2019

Sleek and shiny but ultimately lifeless, an interesting premise becomes terribly humdrum in this sci-fi thriller. There's nothing to offend, but little of note either.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 8, 2017

Ultimately, Surrogates isn't going to break any records, but it's the kind of movie I'd stop at while channel surfing and watch the whole thing on a Saturday afternoon.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 21, 2012

An A-list blockbuster that would fit, damn proudly, on the lower half of a double bill.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 16, 2011

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Underneath its typical Hollywood exterior there is a decent movie waiting to shine through. But so much else is just typical of the genre, it's hard to summon any more enjoyment from it.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 30, 2011

Fails to land a killing blow that pays off the simplified mystery with any distinct urgency. It's a flawed film, but far from unbearable. Nothing a DVD director's cut couldn't fix.

| Original Score: C | Jun 2, 2010

A film that raises many interesting ideas but follows through on few of them.

| Feb 27, 2010

I wish I had a surrogate to watch it for me.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 15, 2010

A smart little genre outing, an endangered species in modern Hollywood. [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 4, 2010

Surrogates establishes an intriguing premise for exploring a world in which virtual life trumps physical reality, but the thematic potential is squandered in favor of a by-the-numbers police procedural.

| Original Score: C | Jan 31, 2010

Yetta nudder cautionary tale issuing dire warnings about the pitfalls of technology run amuck.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 22, 2010

Sure, it's made capably, in a technical sense. But it's banal, utterly predictable and often quite stupid.

Full Review | Original Score: 63/100 | Jan 19, 2010

I would have liked to explore this world more and not keep slamming into some convoluted scheme that defeats its own purpose. I had fun watching it, but I actually thought the movie was smarter than its plot.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 15, 2009

full review at Movies for the Masses

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 10, 2009

Seems less like a 21st Century would-be blockbuster than a lost 80's relic only just rediscovered. Either way, we're lucky to have it.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 24, 2009

The end result is somewhat underwhelming. It's more of a novella than a novel, and hardly the science fiction action blockbuster audiences were expecting.

Full Review | Nov 17, 2009