Brad Bird’s first foray into directing live-action has proven a success with the great reviews “Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol” has been receiving. The film, starring Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, and a bevy of international stars, has gotten critical and audience praise.

According to Rotten Tomatoes, the critics have given this movie a 94% and the audience has given it a 93% (in the “want to see” range). According to Rotten Tomatoes, the critics felt it was “[s]tylish, fast-paced, and loaded with gripping set pieces[.]”

Here’s what the critics had to say:

“[D]irector Brad Bird (making his live-action film debut after directing groundbreaking and beloved animated features ‘The Iron Giant’ and ‘The Incredibles’) paces the story with substantial resourcefulness and stages multiple action scenes that are not only very suspenseful and thrilling, but also kind of newfangled, if not actually innovative.”–Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies

“‘Ghost Protocol’ proves that in a Hollywood action-ride culture drenched in fake adrenaline, it’s cathartic enough to encounter the real thing.”–Owen Glieberman, Entertainment Weekly

“Spectacular. Bird knows how to film an action scene, and Cruise knows how to star in one.”–Anders Wotzke, Cut Print Review

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