| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ELE Anor Ringel Gillespie |
"Fast, funny and often furious, this is what mindless escapism should be." more... |
B |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a faux-low-budget revenge thriller, pure and simple. There's nothing special about it, and that's what's refreshing." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Four Brothers works as an urban thriller, if not precisely as a model of logic." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Singleton...delivers this proficiently made factory job with some snap." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"Some massive leaps in logic taint the old-school head-bashing adventure." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"Why are the lines so oafish, the scenes so sloppily pasted together, and the characters so false?" more... |
D |
filmcritic.com
Annette Cardwell |
"Whoever heard of a 'blaxploitation' movie with a white hero? Now you have: Four Brothers." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Absurd but likable throwback to blaxploitation." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"It's not clear what the film is trying to do, but it seems safe to guess that it's doing it wrong." more... |
D- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...a shrewd hybrid of traditional western and modern blaxploitation movies." more... |
C+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...you can't deny the sparks." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"It's a solidly built, yet forgettable revenge action movie that is notable mostly for its outstanding young cast." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"Despite its basic stupidity, it's the most compelling and audience-pleasing of Singleton's sell-out movies..." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"Preposterous yet solidly entertaining..." more... |
B |
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