Conversely, Peter Debruge of "Variety" gave a negative review, saying, "To watch "John Carter" is to wonder where in this jumbled space opera one might find the intuitive sense of wonderment and awe Stanton brought to "Finding Nemo" and "WALL-E"". Owen Glieberman of "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film a D rating, feeling, "Nothing in "John Carter" really works, since everything in the movie has been done so many times before, and so much better". Christy Lemire of "The Boston Globe" wrote that, "Except for a strong cast, a few striking visuals and some unexpected flashes of humor, "John Carter" is just a dreary, convoluted trudge – a soulless sprawl of computer-generated blippery converted to 3-D". Michael Philips of the "Chicago Tribune" rated the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying the film "isn't much – or rather, it's too much and not enough in weird, clumpy combinations – but it is a curious sort of blur". Andrew O'Herir of Salon.com called it "a profoundly flawed film, and arguably a terrible one on various levels. But if you're willing to suspend not just disbelief but also all considerations of logic and intelligence and narrative coherence, it's also a rip-roaring, fun adventure, fatefully balanced between high camp and boyish seriousness at almost every second". Mick LaSalle of "San Francisco Chronicle" rated the film 1 star out of 4, noting, ""John Carter" is a movie designed to be long, epic and in 3-D, but that's as far as the design goes. It's designed to be a product, and it's a flimsy one".