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  • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
  • Opened February 12, 2010 | Runtime:2 hr. 0 min.
  • PG
    action violence, some scary images, peril, mild language and suggestive material
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 11+. Read More
  • Trouble-prone teen Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out school -- but that's the least of his problems. The gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters seem to have walked out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology texts and into his life -- and Read More
  • Cast: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan
  • Director: Chris Columbus
  • Genres: Children's Fantasy, Mythological Fantasy, Fantasy

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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Recent Fan Reviews

  • So-so

    PERCY JACKSON... Greek mythology murdered! Grade: C-minus (Based on advance press preview on Thursday Feb. 11)

    At roughly 2 hours, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief(PJOTLT) is an overwrought inconsistently-paced ridiculous exercise of an attempt at box-office magic that sputtered, fizzled, and barely crackled.

    I read the novel 5 years ago and was underwhelmed by its ludicrously unimaginative insipid story and I refrained from reading the entire series. I share the same exact sentiment with this movie adaptation of the novel authored by Rick Riordan. The characters in the movie(and novel) lacked depth and development.

    A rehashing rip-off of Harry Potter's coming-of-age predicaments(the Harry Potter series shone with creativity and imagination), PJOTLT floundered like a naiad out of water and utterly devoid of true story-telling magic. Even this movie's CGI is a dismal second to the CGI in the Harry Potter movies.

    The cast's bland and campy acting was painful to watch as they attempt to convey a plot that made no sense.

    VERDICT:
    At best - a rental.

  • Must Go!

    The Lighting Thief

    This movie was awesome.I read the book the book was awesome and so was the movie.I would see this movie again any day.SEE THIS MOVIE.Tell the Ticket Holder I told you.

  • Oh No!

    not what I expected!

    The graphics were stunning and the actors were great, but the script was so far of from the book that my head almost liquified, my kidneys shriveled up, and my spleen literally caught on fire. The only thing that was the same was the character's names, and the setting. I know that you corporate movie makers have to make the movie "feature length' and "viewer appropriate" but seriously, if your going to make a movie from a good book, you should at least make the movie relatively similar to the book!

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    A whole lot of plot ensues - an entertaining mix of buddy movie, road trip,...

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Director Chris Columbus has fun with this goofy premise, but as always I am...

  • 70
    Arizona Republic | Bill Goodykoontz

    Percy Jackson isn't a great movie, but it's a good one, trotting out kernels of...

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    So has "Percy Jackson" successfully cracked the "Potter" code? In terms of...

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