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Genre :

Drama, Thriller

Release Date :

July 06, 2012

MPAA Rating :

Director :

Oliver Stone

Starring :

Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, John Travolta, Emile Hirsch, Demian Bichir, Shea Whigham, Joel David Moore, Diego Catano

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“..the film often gets its head stuck so far up its morally ambiguous fundament that it forgets all manner of other ABCs of narrative convention..”

by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies]

“..Savages talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk: For the first time in his hallowed career, Stone comes off as a poseur..”

by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]

“..pungent, nasty and teeming with colorful crooked types..”

by Justin Chang [Variety]

“..is great screen entertainment: a tough, violent, brutally thrilling movie not to be missed. Oliver Stone is back where he belongs..”

by Pete Hammond [Boxoffice Magazine]

“..is bloated with plot and exposition..”

by Karina Longworth [Village Voice]

“..has been made in a jagged, darkly trippy style that well expresses the story's tense uncertainties..”

by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter]

“..director's best movie in years..”

by Randy Myers [San Jose Mercury News]

“..delivers a more satisfying motion picture experience than nearly all of the higher profile..”

by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

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