| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"John Malkovich shows he's as talented behind the camera as he is in front of it." more... |
B+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...elegantly, even languorously, photographed..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a promising film rather than a fully realized one..." more... |
B- |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"Malkovich conducts the film with confidence..." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"...the film balances humor, tension and a heavy moral." more... |
B+ |
Film Journal International
Rex Roberts |
"...eminently entertaining—if a film about murderous terrorists and corrupt bureaucrats can be said to amuse." more... |
B- |
Los Angeles Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...pleasurably nerve-jangling thriller..." more... |
B |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"...sags in a few too many places." more... |
C+ |
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell |
"...somber, understated and chilling." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"....many viewers will find that, for all its grace, The Dancer Upstairs moves too slowly." more... |
C+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...delicate and devastating." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...the uniformly measured pace of the scenes and an overly drawn-out narrative soon hamper the movie's effectiveness." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...it doesn't have anything new or hopeful to say about Latin America's endless cycle of revolution and repression..." more... |
C+ |
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