| Critics
Reviews |
Average
Grade: |
B |
|
|
Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"A masterful
movie, but also one that demands your full
attention."
more... |
A- |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...lumbers
between its domestic and international
intrigues."
more... |
B- |
Chicago
Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...one of
those uneven works I find myself mulling
over, flaws and virtues alike."
more... |
B- |
E! Online
Alex Markerson |
"...Damon...somehow turns into a ghost
without ever leaving the frame."
more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...a
buttoned-up, shadowy dramatic recounting of
the early days of the buttoned-up, shadowy
Central Intelligence Agency."
more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"...pleasingly
complex..."
more... |
B+ |
Hollywood
Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"A solid,
captivating though overly long story of the
birth of the CIA."
more... |
B |
New York
Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...may well
have you counting sheep."
more... |
C |
New York
Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...an origin
story about the C.I.A., and for the
filmmakers that story boils down to fathers
who fail their sons, a suspect metaphor that
here becomes all too ploddingly literal."
more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...equally
fascinating as a character drama and as a
cold war thriller."
more... |
A- |
Rolling
Stone
Peter Travers |
"...it's tough
to slog through a movie that has no pulse."
more... |
C+ |
San
Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego |
"...a
remarkable study of the corrosive effects of
fear and power..."
more... |
A |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...tries hard
but basically fails to be The Godfather
of CIA movies."
more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...mesmerizing..."
more... |
B |
