At a glance: ‘Watchmen’

Running time/rating: 2:43; rated R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language.

What they’re saying: “Reading ‘Watchmen’ makes you delirious: Your eyes dart around while your brain labors to synthesize the data. … (B)ut the filmmakers work so literal-mindedly to reproduce the comic that the movie has no spirit of its own.” – David Edelstein, CBSnews.com