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Reviews of the 2004 film, 'The Phantom of the Opera' as directed by Joel Schumacher.

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• dOc DVD Review: The Phantom of the Opera

  http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=8572
  The highly underrated film adaptation of the beloved musical/opera, packed with valuable extras, becomes one of the first pictures to reach the new format of HD-DVD.

• eFilmCritic Movie Review - Phantom of the Opera, The

  http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=11360
  Provides an archive of twelve reviews for Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation. Includes reader commentary.

• Film Blather: The Phantom of the Opera

  http://filmblather.com/films/phantomoftheopera/
  Review criticizes both the movie production and the director.

• Hybridmagazine.com: The Phantom of the Opera

  http://www.hybridmagazine.com/films/1204/phantom.shtml
  Overall, Phantom is a not-so-ambitious musical adaptation that does little to establish itself as a movie or true spectacle. Review by Jeffrey “The Vile One” Harris.

• Let the Spectacle Astound You

  http://ercasse-ainince.livejournal.com/30230.html
  Set, costumes, filming technique, all came together stunningly to make a great epic of the story of the inmates of the opera house. Review by Ercasse-ainince.

• Movie Review for The Phantom of the Opera

  http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=795
  The film is a treat, whether you’ve seen the show or not. Includes small thumbnail photo gallery and viewer comments.

• Reeling: The Phantom of the Opera

  http://www.reelingreviews.com/thephantomoftheopera.htm
  The songs generally suffer on the screen, with only the Phantom's organ-driven theme and the sexual frenzy of the climatic 'Past the Point of No Return' having any real energy.

• RogerEbert.com - The Phantom of the Opera

  http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/andrew-lloyd-webbers-phantom-of-the-opera-2004
  The well known movie critic provides an analysis of the 2004 film directed by Joel Schumacher.

• Rolling Stone: The Phantom of the Opera - Review

  http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/phantom-of-the-opera-20041215
  Gerard Butler brings a raw, full-throated masculinity to the Phantom. Review by Peter Travers.

• Salon: The Phantom of the Opera

  http://www.salon.com/2004/12/22/phantom/
  "Phantom of the Opera" feels less like a movie than a nonstop amusement park ride designed to make people feel they really got their money's worth. By Stephanie Zacharek.

• Screen It Review: The Phantom of the Opera

  http://www.screenit.com/ourtake/2004/the_phantom_of_the_opera.html
  I was bored much of the time, with only a handful of musical numbers and some set designs managing to break that state, if only momentarily.

• The Boston Globe: The Phantom of the Opera Movie Review

  http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2004/12/22/a_fright_at_the_opera/?camp=pm
  It has a little something to irritate everybody. By Wesley Morris.

• The Flick Filosopher: Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

  http://www.flickfilosopher.com/2004/12/andrew-lloyd-webbers-the-phantom-of-the-opera-review.html
  It's a good thing Gaston Leroux is dead, because this movie adaptation of his 1911 novel would have killed him. Reviewed by MaryAnn Johanson.

• VillageVoice: The Phantom Of The Opera

  http://www.villagevoice.com/film/the-phantom-menace-6398790
  Casting directors should know by now what countless bad musicals have shown: Just because you can carry a tune doesn't mean you can carry a whole movie. By Jorge Morales.

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