More important, we should take into account the fact that this is really quite a good movie--a character-driven (as opposed to whammy-driven) suspense drama--dark, fatalistic and, within its melodramatically stretched terms, emotionally plausible.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
Mr. Pitt moves through this unexpectedly solid thriller with dazzling confidence, showing off all the star power that he usually works overtime to hide.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
In this quiet, absorbing, shades-of-gray drama, a kind of thriller meditation on the schism in Northern Ireland, we get the story of not one but two powerfully opposing heroes.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Though Hour 2's heavy emphasis on physical and emotional confrontations stimulates dramatic momentum, this respectable superstar meeting is finally, of all things, ordinary. [26Mar1997 Pg04.D]Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Part of the reason The Devil's Own is endurable is because, in spite of various script deficiencies, both of the stars -- Pitt and Harrison Ford -- have an undeniable screen presence. And, while star power can't save a sinking movie, it can at least keep it afloat longer.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The moral reasoning in the film is so confusing that only by completely sidestepping it can the plot work at all.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
A topical thriller that manages to be watchable despite director Alan J. Pakula's best efforts to take all the fun out of it.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Pitt and Ford try to dig deeper, but the script undercuts them with preachy dialogue that might as well read, "Insert stereotype here."Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
With two of the world's biggest stars in tow, the creators of The Devil's Own can be forgiven for figuring that nothing else really mattered. If you've got Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt, do you really need a coherent script? Unfortunately for everyone concerned, the answer is yes.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
The film features plot turns of howling implausibility, leading up to a mechanical climax that resolves the story without forcing either of the principal characters to make the uncommercial decision to blow the other away.Read Full Review »
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