| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino |
"Mildly entertaining, but basically a sinking ship." more... |
C |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...more entertaining than any Navy recruitment ad ought to be." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...the kind of film that has no visible reason for existing, except that everybody got paid." more... |
D+ |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...formulaic..." more... |
C- |
| E! Online |
"...step right up and enjoy this dull, stiff, pointless retread." more... |
D |
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling |
"...errs big by making its new recruit...too much the rebel." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...disappointing and formulaic..." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck |
"...enough cliches for a dozen movies..." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Sir, no, sir." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"The movie runs on beats rather than logic." more... |
D |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"This isn't as much a movie as it is a recipe for a cinematic casserole in which the ingredients are clichés and rip-offs." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...a formulaic, predictable and yet reasonably likable picture..." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"The underdog story doesn't miss a cliche..." more... |
C |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"If nothing else, it gives ever-brooding lead James Franco the chance to perform more squat thrusts than he does in Tristan & Isolde." more... |
C |
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