The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials 2009
Which commercials scored touchdowns and which fumbled? TIME TV critic James Poniewozik grades the players
This 3-D spot-with Ray Lewis, Matt Light and Justin Tuck, the SoBe Lizards and characters from Monsters vs. Aliens doing a surreal version of Swan Lake is more visually compelling than the movie preview. The trippy ad may convince you that SoBe Lifewater is a type of hallucinogen, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Grade: B
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