| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Don't waste your vote; stick with the original." more... |
D+ |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a remake that not only is very good but that burns with fervor and up-to-the-minute topicality." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"... Demme has taken a story we thought we knew and...rotated it into another dimension of conspiracy." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a chilling, very smart melodrama that seems on the mark at times, yet foggy at others." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"A solid front-runner." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Christopher Null |
"Demme takes the best of the 1962 movie [and] updates it appropriately..." more... |
A- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...brings the original Cold War scenario bracingly up to date...while paying respectful homage to the late Frankenheimer's artistic vision." more... |
B |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"Despite boasting a top-drawer cast firing on all four cylinders, Jonathan Demme's update...doesn't add much to the original..." more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...faithful to the premise and themes of the original, but, by avoiding a slavish re-interpretation, it offers some surprises..." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a mesmerizing mind-teaser that finds its own way into the material..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...shakes down as a conventionally plotted thriller. It's the performances that make it exceptional." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...an astute, genuinely gripping thriller that speaks shrewdly to our current corporate-phobia and post-9/11 paranoia." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...a case of smart and talented people trying to jam a Cold War square into a Gulf War circle." more... |
B- |
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