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Law Abiding Citizen

Overview


Genre :

Thriller

Release Date :

October 16, 2009

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

F. Gary Gray

Starring :

Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Regina Hall, Bruce McGill, Theresa Randle, Colm Meaney

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..you just want the thing to end so you can go home..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
2.5 of 4

“..unrelentingly grim, unintentionally funny..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
1 of 4

“..kind of corrosive entertainment for which the excuse "It's only a movie" was invented..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2 of 4

“..is not badly made..”
by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
2 of 4

“..implausible, superficial and only marginally involving..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
1.5 of 4

“..has so many plot holes, preposterous procedures and impotent gestures that it would take till the sports section to list them..”
by John Anderson [Newsday]
“..has about as much to say about real-life legal issues as "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen" had to say about defense policy..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
Review rate : C

“..generally ludicrous..”
by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
3 of 5

“..fun..”
by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
2 of 4

“.."Law Abiding Citizen" just keeps getting wackier and wackier..”
by Robert W. Butler [Kansas City Star]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Graham Killeen [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]

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