| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...a reminder that, in the wrong hands, political outrage can be a slog." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...terrifying, intelligent..." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...timely without being gripping." more... |
C |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"...the movie should be moving at a much brisker pace." more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"You could argue that this earnest, wooden slab of liberal agitprop scarcely deserves an audience." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"In many ways, Rendition can be best described as a fantasy." more... |
B- |
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
"The star-filled political drama has few surprises but gives everyone a chance to shine." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...has the depth of a bumper sticker without the brevity." more... |
C |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...a well-meaning, honorable movie. Which is not to say that it is a very good one." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Much as I might like to, I cannot heap praise upon director Gavin Hood's Rendition, a political thriller with aspirations of being so much more that it is." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...a maddening film, maddening in a good way, but maddening nonetheless." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"All things considered, it could have been a better movie." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...falls flat." more... |
C+ |
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