| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...a depressing piece of gun-crazy Hollywood scuzz..." more... |
D |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
" One of the pleasures of the movie is how supporting characters are given big scenes all for themselves." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt |
"...its dependence on movie cliches past is...amusing." more... |
D |
| E! Online |
"We never thought we'd ever say this, but Paul Walker deserves better." more... |
F |
Entertainment Weekly
Scott Brown |
"...a giddily awful, awfully giddy action noir..." more... |
D+ |
filmcritic.com
David Thomas |
"...a lot smarter than it looks." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...the concussive, hyper-violent results would have benefited from a lot less pulp and better fiction." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Running Scared has some camp value as the kind of midnight movie you can laugh at (not with)..." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...as a director he (Wayne Kramer) proves himself as blood simple, if generally less adept, as any Hollywood hire." more... |
D+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"If you like kinetic movies about crime, criminals, and all sorts of bad behavior, Running Scared will catch and hold your attention." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...a pumped-up, intricate and fast-moving yarn that never flags and continues to play out in unexpected ways as it unravels." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White |
"The film is a string of violent confrontations between characters whose relationships to each other are unclear." more... |
D |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...goes astray." more... |
C- |
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