One of those movies you like more at the time than in retrospect.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
That the film, directed in swift strokes by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay credited to Kurt Wimmer, doesn't really work - unrelentingly grim, unintentionally funny - is almost beside the point. It's a wild concept.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Deep within Law Abiding Citizen lurks a thought-provoking movie. But most of what we see on the screen is implausible, superficial and only marginally involving.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The biggest problem with Law Abiding Citizen, however, is that the plot is just plain dumb.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Clyde is meant to be nuts, but too often it's Law Abiding Citizen that checks rationality at the door.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Glenn Whipp
The film's greatest sin isn't its cynical moral posturing but its complete failure to engage audiences on even a visceral level.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Jeez, did the "surprise" climax have to be this eye-rollingly stupid?Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
Wears its preposterousness with a certain pride. It’s about the cat-and-mouse game between two very smart guys, and it’s perfectly happy to be as dumb as it wants.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Robert Wilonsky
If the filmmakers meant a word of it, they'd quit making films and do something more useful. "Saw" with a conscience is not what the world needs.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
Butler has the showier part, but his impersonation of the tragic hero is undercut by his weird resemblance to Soupy Sales. You start hoping that Shelton will kill somebody with a custard (or puffer-fish) pie to the face.Read Full Review »
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