Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This is the third and (thank God) final installment in the "Atlas Shrugged" series. The book was notorious for being overly preachy, but from what I've heard, this movie is even worse than the book! It apparently doesn't even have that much to do with it. The most notable part of the book is that there's a 70 page sequence where John Galt talks. This movie trimmed it down to just five minutes. It picks up right where the first one left off, with Dagny being saved by John Galt. The film uses an all new cast from the first two movies, but seeing as how the first two were so boring, I didn't even notice. I think even the Wikipedia summary on this film is tired of it. It only has two paragraphs of real plot summary. Dagny falls in love with John for no reason at all. This is seriously one of the most pathetic romances I've ever seen in my entire life. There's a stupid sex scene which is probably downplayed so much only to give it a PG-13 rating.Most of this film is just characters talking about their political and economic views. As with the other movies, it's hard to hate "that" much because it does create a really relaxing experience. Mike Nelson thought "The Phantom Menace" was the worst movie ever because it was boring? He has not seen any of these movies. This would make perfect material for Rifftrax. Probably the only reason it isn't reviewed more is because it's too dull to even get much material out of it. *

It's easy enough to rip the movie for it's less than stellar casting and somewhat disjointed story. But in my view, the film is not about the acting, screen writing, cinematography or special effects. It's about an idea, an idea that's slowly but inexorably being pushed aside in modern America and the rest of the world. That idea is that 'no man belongs to another' and that the success of one's efforts to be better, in whatever way you want to define it, should be rewarded and not punished. When I read Ayn Rand's novel roughly seven years ago, I was astonished to find that it was so eerily prophetic of conditions that have come to exist in this country in the present era. What may be even worse is that the country is so polarized today that competing points of view aren't even accorded any level of regard or respect. This film will unfortunately be either acknowledged or dismissed depending on one's ideology, which is a shame because there are enough thoughtful ideas presented that could prove useful in defining and potentially solving a lot of our present day problems. Nitpicking the film for cinematic elements that fail to impress is somewhat short sighted. Listening to it's voice is a whole other matter.

I am a big fan of the book, and I liked the first movie. That said, this was awful.The story is rushed, character development is thin to none, and some of the best scenes from the book are missing. Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand, she understood the beast (in her opinion) very well, and represented the conflict through engaging dialogue in fiction. There is none of that here. Instead, there is a string of passionate speeches given by the central star but he comes across somewhere between a crazy man on the New York subway, and a poorly edited Anonymous speaker on YouTube. He does not come across as a veritable world leader. There are cameos from various B-list news figureheads, making this appear more a reunion of The Celebrity Apprentice than beautiful fictional story with a timely message.Like others, I saw it to complete the trilogy, and out of respect for an integrity-based way of doing business that is legitimately threatened today. This movie does not help the cause.

The worst of the three in the series. No flow to the story, weak script, uninspired direction. Listen to the audio book, and use your imagination to create what should be a spectacular epic, but watch some John Ford movies first.I can't make enough lines in this review so I am going to quote Pete Townshend, OK?I woke up in a Soho doorway, a policeman knew my name. He said you can go home and sleep tonight if you can get up and walk away. I stumbled back from the Underground and the breeze blew back my hair. I remember throwing punches around, and preaching from my chair. Who are you?