
Overview
Genre :
Action, AdventureRelease Date :
December 21, 2011MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Brad BirdStarring :
Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames, Josh Holloway, Simon Pegg, Michael Nyqvist, Anil Kapoor, Lea Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson, Vladimir Mashkov, Samuli Edelmann
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“..the result is hugely enjoyable..”
by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal]
“..the IMF’s plots and schemes are in this part of the movie..”
by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com]
“..the film is immaculate, with incredible photographic clarity..”
by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter]

“..nearly every scene offers some new surprise..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]

“..more clever but increasingly repetitive action sequences that entertain, but drain the film of any credible sense of jeopardy..”
by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]
“..more and more resembles the ESPN "Play of the Week" countdown..”
by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice]

“..it was convoluted..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]

“..intricate gadgetry and dizzying chases without sacrificing compelling characters..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..if you widen your eyes and turn off your brain, it all adds up to cracking good fu..”
by Amy Biancolli [San Francisco Chronicle]
“..high anxiety with a vengeance..”
by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times]
“..exists purely to dazzle and thrill..”
by Ian Buckwalter [NPR]
“..character-building dialogue feel especially leaden in comparison with the pic's consummate wit..”
by Justin Chang [Variety]

“..by shoving the camera too close to the bodies in the frame, so that the momentum and spatial relationships become awfully hard to parse..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
“..big, it's loud and so relentless in its action that it reminds me of an old joke..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]

“..an amazing sequence - suspenseful, cinematic, outlandish, hard to top..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [New York Times]





