Critics Consensus: Daybreakers Has Bite

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Thu, 01/07/2010 - 1:32pm

This week at the movies, we've got a vampire virus (Daybreakers, starring Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe); a romantic road trip (Leap Year, starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode); and a teenage wasteland (Youth in Revolt, starring Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday). What do the critics have to say? Given the recent glut of vampire flicks, Daybreakers needs a little something extra to stand out -- a healthy dose of dystopia, maybe?

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Topics: critics consensus daybreakers ethan hawke michael cera portia doubleday vampires willem dafoe youth in revolt

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