| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...the sort of movie where no one talks about politics, sports, or the weather. Everyone thinks and speaks in platitudes and positions." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a movie with some flaws but also with moments of beauty and intensity most other films can't match." more... |
B |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"...Ed Harris officially bites off more scenery than he can chew." more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...hooey with an anachronistic feminist slant from start to finish..." more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...the picture never successfully comes off the written page." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...tin-eared script and tone-deaf direction sabotages a fortissimo performance by Ed Harris in the title role." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"The presentation of the Ninth is reason alone to see the film." more... |
B+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...Ed Harris brings intensity to the role, but not much else." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"Copying Beethoven might have worked even with the feminism angle if Kruger were a more inventive actress." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...the script offers some striking wisdom about the nature of art, and the leads are individually fine..." more... |
B |
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