From the get-go, The Recruit is one of those thrillers that delights in pulling the rug out from under you, only to find another rug below that.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
As a thriller, The Recruit is merely an entertaining ride. But remember: Nothing is what it seems. It's the subtext -- two actors from different generations faking each other out with skill and affection -- that counts.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Probably better than anyone else working today, Donaldson knows how to knit a thriller. Each time you think this taut yarn is about to unravel, that's when he pulls the wool over your eyes.Read Full Review »
There's nothing excessively problematical with The Recruit that excising the final fifteen minutes wouldn't cure.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
It's the kind of movie you can sit back and enjoy, as long as you don't make the mistake of thinking too much.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Pacino, thankfully, is on-screen enough to keep this stew on a solid low boil.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
Like Christopher Walken or Marlon Brando, Mr. Pacino frequently uses his gifts to make mediocre movies more interesting. Everything else in The Recruit may be tiresomely predictable, but he, at least, is not.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Manohla Dargis
No matter how seriously everyone works to make the CIA impossibly sexy, the illusion that these pencil pushers are incarnations of Bond, James Bond, is difficult to sustain.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Just the latest forgettable thriller that might have been enjoyable if only its conclusion lived up to its windup.Read Full Review »
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