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By PETER TRAVERS
APRIL 15, 2011
Ayn Rand's monumental 1,168-page, 1957 novel gets the low-budget, no- talent treatment and sits there flapping on screen like a bludgeoned seal. It's the first in a planned trilogy of films. Let's hope the other two parts are quickly aborted. The story, set in 2016 and hailing the individual in the battle against big government, concerns the disappearance of the world's most creative minds after they are asked the question: "Who is John Galt?" Who's the idiot responsible for this fiasco? You can't blame the Tea Party, an organization of 9 million that the film's producers are Exploiting to get butts into seats. There's an object lesson in objectiveivism for you.
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