| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino |
"...almost jokeless and at times nearly incomprehensible..." more... |
C |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...seriously sexy and seriously entertaining." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper |
"...a gritty, ultra-dark thriller..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...a radical departure from the Reagan-era phenomenon that ran on TV..." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"...Mann's the man for creating foreboding environments and intense action sequences." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...so cool that it's almost too cool." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...will cure insomnia, set the advancement of digital cinematography back a few years, and unsuccessfully argue in favor of the mullet as an acceptable coif style." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...a frustratingly inert affair..." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...my favorite Hollywood movie of the summer so far." more... |
A- |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"This was not a job that anyone needed to do, but then again no one could have done it better." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...unconnected to its previous incarnation." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Forget the TV show. Mann reinvents it for the movie." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...an OK picture with some superb things in it." more... |
B- |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...the movie is still very much about two well-dressed undercover cops who strike sexy poses..." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Scott Bowles |
"...Mann has simply substituted one set of caricatures with another." more... |
C |
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