Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opened in US theatres this past weekend and immediately stormed to the top of the box office chart, taking over $73million. Really, this should come as no surprise as the film has earned almost universal praise from critics and currently holds an impressive 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But if you don't believe us, here’s 10 lines from the critics that should get you running to the movie theatres to see Dawn of The Planet of The Apes now. Seriously, this movie is awesome, but don't just take our word for it. 

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1. "Just when it seemed like blockbusters could never evolve, in rides this extraordinary epic - a towering fable of humanity and brutality that takes a great movie myth and launches it forward. " Joe Neumair, New York Daily News' . 

2. “The latest Apes picture, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, is an excellent interspecies bromance between an ape and a man who’d like to live in peace but are surrounded by warmongering assholes.” David Edelstein, Vulture.

3.“This just might be the most engrossing, the smartest and the most daring Apes movie ever put on film,”  Richard Roper.

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4. "An exciting and engrossing blockbuster with weighty themes, it raises important moral questions as it keeps viewers riveted." Claudia Puig, USA Today

5. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the best and brainiest blockbuster of the summer, the kind of movie you hope for when you pay your money and buy your popcorn," Peter Howell, Toronto Star.

6. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes asks us to allocate our compassion and revulsion equally among its various species, I haven't felt this kind of simian sympathy since the golden age of Roddy McDowall." Kyle Smith, New York Post

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7. "As the performance behind Caesar, Andy Serkis, along with a team of visual effects artists, has created a riveting character who is somewhere between human and animal, and who is shockingly convincing." Allison Willmore, Buzzfeed

8. "Honestly, if I didn't know they were computerised, I'd have thought they'd brought off an evolutionary miracle" David Edelstein, New York Magazine.

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9. “However often it risks monkey-mad silliness, it's impressively un-stupid.” Tim Robey, The Daily Telegraph’s 

10. "In the annals of sequels, Dawn is to Rise of the Planet of the Apes what The Empire Strikes Back was to Star Wars -- it's that much better." Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter