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Arizona Reporter, 12/11/2004--Movie Review, The Aviator--grade B+
Associated Press, 12/15/2004--The Aviator review (3 out of 4 stars)
Austin Chronicle, 12/24/2004--The Aviator review (3-1/2 stars)
Baltimore City Paper, 12/22/2004--Blue Yonder: The Aviator goes nowhere, gorgeously
Baltimore Sun, 12/25/2004--A Soaring Triumph: The Aviator-- with Leonardo DiCaprio very much in control--flies high.
Boston Phoenix, 12/24-12/30/2004--Fly-by knight: Howard Hughes makes a ruling-class hero in The Aviator
Buffalo News, 12/23/2004--Flying High: The Aviator takes passengers on a bumpy ride through the early years of the eccentric Howard Hughes
Calgary Sun, 12/17/2004--Aviator soars (4 out of 5 stars)
Canadian Press, 12/14/2004--The Aviator: Visually astounding, but superficial (3 out of 4 stars)
Chicago Tribune, 12/22/04--Movie review: The Aviator (4 out of 4 stars)
Christian Science Monitor, 12/17/2004--DiCaprio soars in The Aviator: Movie about Howard Hughes may be Scorsese's Oscar baby
Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/23/2004--Scorsese's passion makes Aviator soar
City Pages, Minneapolis, 12/22/2004--All That Heaven Allows: Marty's Magnificent Obsession Takes Flight in The Aviator
Cleveland Free Times, 12/22/2004--Technicolor Dream : Scorsese reaches new heights with The Aviator
Creative Loafing Atlanta, 12/23/2004--Fly boy: The Aviator balances moments of madness and genius
CTV, Canada--The Aviator visually astounding, but superficial
Dallas Observer, 12/23/2004--Crash and Yearn: Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic
Detroit Free Press, 12/23/2004--SOARING, THEN STALLING: The first half of The Aviator is as good as any film this year, but from then on it's a bumpy flight
The Diamondback, University of Maryland, 12/13/2004--Flying high: Propelled by excellent ideas and execution, The Aviator soars into the air as one of the year's best films
Empire, November 2004--Aviator review (4 out of 5 stars)
Evening Standard, London, 12/2/2004--Magnificent madman
Film Threat, 12/18/2004--The Aviator review (4.5 stars)
Fort Worth Weekly, 12/22/2004--Sky Captain: Don’t second-guess the guy at the controls of The Aviator. Just enjoy the ride.
Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC, 12/23/2004--The Aviator review
Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Glenwood Springs, CO, 12/31/2004--Scorsese's long flight ends up nowhere
The Guardian, London, 12/12/2004--Show me the money
The Guardian, London, 12/24/2004--The Aviator review, 2 out of 5 stars
Hampstead and Highgate Express, London, 12/23/2004--Plane and simple
Hartford Advocate, 12/16/2004--Come Fly with Me: Martin Scorsese makes his best film in a decade
Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, 12/17/2004--The Aviator review
Harvard Independent, Harvard University, 12/16/2004--A movie with its head in the clouds
Houston Chronicle, 12/23/2004--The Aviator is high-flying, hi-falutin' but kind of low-brow
The Independent, 12/24/2004--The Aviator--Leo fails to take off (1 out of 5 stars)
Kansas City Star, 12/24/2004--American dream takes wing in The Aviator
LA City Beat, 12/16/2004--As good as Hughes gets
LA Weekly, 12/17-12/23/2004--That Reprehensible Man and His Flying Machine: Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator
Las Vegas City Life, 12/17/2004--Fly boy: Martin Scorcese [sic] engineers a bloated account of Howard Hughes life in The Aviator
Las Vegas Weekly, 12/23-12/29/2004--High-Flyin' Howie: DiCaprio soars as Howard Hughes in he Aviator
Los Angeles Times, 12/12/2004--Martin Scorsese brings Howard Hughes' best days to life in this admirable biopic.
Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, KS, 1/3/2005--Aviator offers little new
Metro Pulse, Knoxville, TN, 12/16/2004--Less is More: Martin Scorsese focuses in The Aviator
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/24/2004--With Scorsese at the controls, Aviator soars
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 12/24/2004--Scorsese finds ideal subject--obsession-- in The Aviator
Nashville City Paper, 12/30/2004--Scorsese crafts complex portrait of Hughes
New York Daily News, 12/17/2004--Bio of famed wing nut loses its rudder (2 and 1/2 stars)
New York magazine, 12/20/2004--Emperor of the Air Martin Scorsese regains his form with the Howard Hughes biopic–Leo DiCaprio vehicle The Aviator.
New York Newsday, 12/17/2004--Playing Howard huge: DiCaprio creates a young, visionary, larger-than-life Hughes
New York Post, 12/17/2004--Cloud Pleaser--The Aviator: More fun than insightful.
New York Observer, 12/13/2004--Andrew Sarris: High-Strung Howard Hughes Swoops and Soars in The Aviator
New York Post, 12/17/2004--Cloud pleaser
NY Press, Dec. 8-14, 2004--Star-power failure: The big-budget greenlight demands big-budget names.
New York Sun, 12/17/2004--A true American masterpiece
New York Times, 12/17/2004--Savoring a Legend Before It Curdled
Newark Star-Ledger, 12/17/2004--Aviator aims for the stars, and it soars
Newsweek, 12/20/2004--The Aviator: 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky
Orlando Weekly, 12/23/2004--The Aviator: Palming off the pilot (2-1/2 out of 5 stars)
Palm Beach Post, 12/24/2004--The Aviator: Director Scorsese deftly tells the billionaire recluse's story
Philadelphia City Paper, 12/23-12/29/2004--Up in the Air: The Aviator is driven less by biography than wishful thinking.
Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/19/2004--Ascent into insanity: Hughes the Aviator
Pittsburgh City Paper, 12/23/2004--The Aviator: This American Life (3 out of 4 reels)
Rolling Stone review of The Aviator, 3.5 stars
San Antonio Current, 12/22/2004--Poor little rich boy
San Antonio Express News, 12/23/2004--Movie Review: Aviator a triumph for DiCaprio, Scorsese
San Diego Union Tribune, 12/24/2004--Scorsese scores, soars with Aviator
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Dec. 15-21, 2004--Flight or fright:
Scorsese and DiCaprio capture the conflicted prime of Howard Hughes.
San Francisco Weekly, 12/15/2004--Crash and Yearn: Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic
San Jose Mercury News, 12/17/2004--An empty flight: DiCaprio's an intriguing, incomplete Hughes in 'Aviator'
San Jose Metroactive, 12/15-12/21/2004--Soap Opera: In The Aviator, Martin Scorsese cleans up millionaire daredevil and madman Howard Hughes
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 12/26/2004--Reaching for the skies:
Scorsese’s swashbuckler is immaculate but unlikely to win him that Oscar
Seattle Weekly, 12/22-12/28/2004--The Sky's the Limit:
In his best film since GoodFellas, Scorsese picks a tragic hero who couldn't master his life on the ground.
St. Petersburg Times, 12/23/2004--Aviator is a bumpy flight: The amazing tale of Howard Hughes gets short shrift in many ways - including the miscasting of Leo - but Martin Scorsese still has crafted a film worth paying attention to.
Suburban Chicago News, 12/23/2004--The pick of the biopics: The Aviator (4 stars)
Summit Daily News, Frisco, CO, 12/30/2004--Scorsese's film takes flight
Time magazine, 12/13/2004--Time magazine review
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, 12/24/2004--Wingmen: Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio score with compelling -- if incomplete -- portrait of Howard Hughes
Toronto Sun, 12/17/2004--Aviator reaches legendary heights: DiCaprio's Hughes is up there with the best of 2004
Village Voice, 12/13/2004--The Life Aeronautic
Washington Post, 12/24/2004--Aviator Feels Like Autopilot
The Westender, Vancouver, BC, 12/23/2004-- Aviator soars then crashes
Winston-Salem Journal, 12/23/2004--Scorsese, DiCaprio take Howard Hughes biopic, Aviator, on a grand flight
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