Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."
An aggressively optimistic script admonishes the lazy and irresolute and urges humanity to end war and save the environment; the proselytizing burdens an already onerous plot.
– Drew Hunt,
Chicago Reader,
28 May 2015
fresh:
Exhilarating on every level.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
27 May 2015
rotten:
Although "Tomorrowland" never runs out of objects or ideas, its supply of dramatic fuel soon springs a leak.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
25 May 2015
fresh:
Until its final act, Tomorrowland plays as a lighthearted techno-conspiracy thriller, Men in Black by way of Nancy Drew with the occasional whiff of Philip K. Dick paranoia and Pixarian high concept.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2015
rotten:
For a while, it doesn't matter that the plot meanders. The story seems like a jigsaw puzzle inviting us to solve it. That's the fun part. However, when the resolution is presented, it underwhelms.