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A History of Violence

Overview


Genre :

Thriller

Release Date :

September 30, 2005

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

David Cronenberg

Starring :

Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes, Sumela Kay

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  2 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..works in the ordinary action ways..”
by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
5 of 5

“..powerfully engaging drama..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
2 of 4

“..overdoes the earnestness in a way that's corny and dull..”
by Sheri Linden [Boxoffice Magazine]
5 of 5

“..one of the best films of the year...”
by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News]
7 of 10

“..Not a major motion picture that will blow everyone away, but a good movie that should entertain most looking for a couple of twists and turns..”
by Berge Garabedian [JoBlo's Movie Emporium]
4 of 4

“..as chilling and redemptive as anything Cronenberg has ever crafted...”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3 of 4

“..an incredibly fascinating glimpse into the deconstruction of a family and an even more enthralling look at the price of heroism...”
by Brian Marder [Hollywood]
4 of 5

“..an effortlessly addicting little tale of haunted pasts and borrowed lives...”
by Scott Weinberg [EFilmCritic]
3 of 4

“..an astonishingly stirring thriller..”
by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
4 of 5

“..absorbing and often excruciatingly suspenseful..”
by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
8 of 10

“..a very entertaining movie..”
by Brendan Cullin [Empire Movies]
3 of 4

“..a remarkably interesting thriller..”
by Allison Benedikt [Chicago Tribune]
3.5 of 4

“..a real-life movie with disturbing dramatic implications..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
3 of 4

“..a finely wrought and intelligent thriller..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
4 of 5

“..A film that's hard to shake..”
by Chris Barsanti [Filmcritic]
8 of 10
Reviewed by Mel Valentin [Movie-Vault]
4 of 4
Reviewed by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press]
4 of 4
Reviewed by [The Filmiliar Cineaste]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
3 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jeremiah Kipp [Slant Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Rob Blackwelder [SPLICEDwire]
Reviewed by Ken Eisner [Georgia Straight]

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