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July 6, 2007

At the Movies: Cool effects can't overcome inane story, weak performances

By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer

With “Transformers,” Michael Bay has either made a big, dumb summer adventure for the little boy in all of us or the world's most-expensive General Motors commercial.

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Director: Michael Bay

Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson, Megan Fox, Rachael Taylor, John Turturro, Jon Voight

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor and language

Running time: 144 minutes

Actually, it's a great deal of both, but as good as director Bay is at blowing things up and crafting wild visuals of those shape-shifting toys that were all the rage in the 1980s, “Transformers” is far more effective as a car ad than an action epic.


 
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