| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Caine can't redeem confused Statement." more... |
C+ |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...The Statement seems content to be a one-sided assault." more... |
D+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"I don't require that a movie have a message, but in a message movie it is helpful to know what the message is." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...moving as it is, and as superior as it is to the usual run of studio movies, it's still missing something..." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"Here's a statement: This thriller ain't so thrilling." more... |
C- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"Although (Michael) Caine was given some great opportunities here, he is a large part of the reason The Statement utterly fails." more... |
D+ |
| Hollywood Reporter |
"A superlative political thriller..." more... |
A |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"Ho-hum thriller." more... |
C |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"A cat-and-mouse thriller with delusions of grandeur..." more... |
D |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...director Norman Jewison dodges the issues..." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Somewhere in this disappointing political thriller was a superb character study trying to get out." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...more intriguing than riveting, flattened by Jewison's plodding direction..." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...lacks intrigue." more... |
C |
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