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A History of Violence (2005)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Production Photos Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites Recommendations Sign in to receive personalized recommendations. Sign In Or  Sign Up   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   A- Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Steve Murray "A lean, clean meditation on violence in America, and one of Cronenberg's best films." more... A- Boston Globe Wesley Morris "...the performances of Mortensen, Bello, and Holmes are excellent." more... B+ Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...seems deceptively straightforward, coming from a director with Cronenberg's quirky complexity. But think again." more... A- Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt "...Cronenberg crafts a remarkably interesting thriller..." more... B   E! Online "Violence, as the title indicates, may not be for the squeamish. But it is for those looking for answers to important questions..." more... A- Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum "...fundamentally a history of men at the throats of other men..." more... A   filmcritic.com Chris Barsanti "A film that's hard to shake, it sticks with you like a virus." more... B+ New York Post Lou Lumenick "...a high-minded crowd pleaser that revels in the kinesthetic pleasures of the shootouts it's so busy deploring." more... B   New York Times Manohla Dargis "A masterpiece of indirection and pure visceral thrills..." more... A   ReelViews James Berardinelli "...there's a lot to admire here." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "It slams you like a body punch and then starts messing with your head." more... A   San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "...a psychological thriller and, in its own idiosyncratic way, a rumination on character." more... B+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...absorbing and often excruciatingly suspenseful..." more... B   USA Today Mike Clark "Violence is in the spirit of the hardest-hitting film noir offerings from the '50s, but far more explicit." more... A   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)