A reality-twisting cousin to "Being John Malkovich" -- showcases a Van Damme who's sly like a fox about his own image.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Van Damme says worse things about himself than critics would dream of saying, and the effect is shockingly truthful.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
JCVD juggles humor with whomping martial-arts moves and a kind of melancholy star turn from the melancholy, muscular star.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
JCVD may not be the first meta-musclehead movie, but it's certainly the most surprising.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
JCVD is a whimsical twist on the biopic, sending up heist movies and breaking cinematic rules to interesting effect. At a critical moment, Van Damme rises out of a tense hostage situation to look into the camera and speak movingly to the audience. He has never seemed more convincing.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
Van Damme has been known as a martial-arts legend, movie star and pain in the ass. But never an actor -- until now.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: John Anderson
Inventive, insightful and utterly surprising movie. It takes you places you're not prepared to go: namely, into the soul of a performer best known for flying back kicks. Who, by the way, can act.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Sam Adams
The giddy near-brilliance of its central conceit is squandered by flat execution.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
What exactly is JCVD? Comedy? Confession? Confusion? No one will ever mistake these backstage shenanigans for "Irma Vep." But as a self-regarding expression of masculine angst, it's a Damme sight more fun than "Synecdoche."Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
Some of this is affecting, some of it tedious, and the film's inconsistencies of tone are made more glaring by its peculiar look.Read Full Review »
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