| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"The first hour, especially, is a stunning display of moviemaking and emotional gamesmanship in close quarters." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The structure of the McEwan novel and this film directed by Joe Wright is relentless." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"McAvoy, Knightley and newcomer Ronan are all superb..." more... |
B |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"Love is a battlefield, but this gorgeous tragedy proves victorious." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"It's a nice movie where magnificence is in order." more... |
B |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"Rarely has a fine novel been transferred to the screen as splendidly as this." more... |
A |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...hugely entertaining..." more... |
A |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...an almost classical example of how pointless, how diminishing, the transmutation of literature into film can be." more... |
C+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a finely crafted motion picture..." more... |
A- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Written, directed and acted to perfection..." more... |
A |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...takes a familiar movie environment, a setting that we think we know, and uses it for an examination of a host of dark impulses, such as jealousy, lust, cruelty and deceit." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...truth be told, the journey to this satisfying coda is not nearly as enthralling as it wants to be." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...feels like a stately, but watered down, episode of Masterpiece Theatre fused with The English Patient." more... |
B- |
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