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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherAll I can tell you is it is quite a trip. Fortunately, all of the voyaging is done in the northern hemisphere.
- 80Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesFrom our current vantage point, the film's appeal has less to do with surrealism than nostalgia. It's a movie that potently evokes bygone attitudes and aesthetics -- a relic of the age of pre-digital effects, a product of both Cold War paranoia and midcentury techno-utopianism. [03 Jun 2007, p.E19]
- 75Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrThis special effects extravaganza from 1966 has proved surprisingly enduring, despite a technical quality crude by contemporary standards.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineTheir voyage through the body's bloodstream past assorted organs was created by inventive special effects that make this one of the more visually interesting science fiction films of its era.
- 75Orlando SentinelOrlando SentinelA film taut with cold-war tensions and cloak-and-dagger secrecy. [23 May 2004, p.8]
- 70Time OutTime OutVery nearly a corking sci-fi lark.
- 60EmpireIan NathanEmpireIan NathanThe effects may have dated, as have the Cold War themes, but the almost real time adventure still has some tension to offer.
- 60The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelIt isn't terrible, just disappointing.