| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"Comedy...is what keeps The Hoax interesting" more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Zwecker |
"...fascinating..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...fairly engrossing..." more... |
B |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"...Gere proves pitch-perfect as the charming charlatan, and Molina nails the morally conflicted accomplice who hilariously struggles to keep up with his friend's tall tales." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...the quick-witted Gere who schemes and fast-talks his way around the snappy, plugged-in scam saga The Hoax is like no Gere I've seen before." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Jay Antani |
"...The Hoax pulls a good con, and we play along, delightedly." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Richard James Havis |
"...entertaining and piquant." more... |
A- |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...briskly entertaining..." more... |
A- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"For director Lasse Hallström, this represents another near-miss on a resume that is fast becoming crowded with them." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Gere gives 'em the old razzle-dazzle with his roguish charm and sharp comic timing. The surprise is the unexpected feeling he brings to this challenging role." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"A personal story with broad implications for the culture as a whole." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...a gripping docudrama that puts us eerily inside the mind of its con-man hero..." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Gere is brilliant as the shamelessly manipulative and jauntily glib Irving..." more... |
A- |
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