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Overview

Genre :

Biography, Drama

Release Date :

October 17, 2008

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Oliver Stone

Starring :

Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ioan Gruffudd, Thandie Newton, Rob Corddry, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Jeffrey Wright, Toby Jones, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Gaston, Jesse Bradford, Marley Shelton, Jason Ritter, Paul Rae

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

2.5 of 4

“..watchable, often fun and, on rare occasion, suitably fierce..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
2 of 4

“..Superficial, uninformative, and inert..”
by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]
2 of 4

“..stultifyingly unfunny..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
2 of 5

“..not a film which explains, challenges or even stimulates; merely one that repeats what is already known or assumed..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
3 of 4

“..entertaining but superficial..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3 of 4

“..entertaining as far as it goes..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Jason Morgan [Filmcritic.com]

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