| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"...a triumph." more... |
A- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Crowe...always seems convincing as a man who ages 47 years during the film." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...Crowe is eerily, touchingly convincing..." more... |
A- |
| E! Online |
"...Crowe and crew deliver top-flight performances..." more... |
B+ |
Film Threat
Gareth Von Kallenbach |
"...Oscar worthy..." more... |
A |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...practically a one-man show, but Russell Crowe makes it an entertaining one." more... |
B- |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"...Jennifer Connelly [gives] a career-best performance..." more... |
B |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"[The paradox] is that the story...is almost entirely counterfeit." more... |
B- |
Newsweek
George Will |
"...breathtaking..." more... |
A |
Reelviews
James Berardinelli |
"...beautifully written, effectively acted, and meticulously crafted..." more... |
A- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...darkly surprising." more... |
B+ |
Salon.com
Charles Taylor |
"...a very dumb movie about a very smart man." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann |
"...an unusually thoughtful look at mental illness and its disabling power." more... |
A- |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"Crowe is stunning..." more... |
B+ |
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh |
"...strikingly good and moving..." more... |
B |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...among the most affecting [film] ever made about co-existing with mental demons." more... |
A- |
Village Voice
Dennis Lim |
"...a chilling portrait of interior torment." more... |
B+ |
Washington Post
Desson Howe |
"...Ron Howard fails to apply [Nash's] outside-the-box approach to his own movie." more... |
B- |
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