A History of Violence Reviews

Movie Reviews

• works in the ordinary action ways

  by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News ]

• powerfully engaging drama

  by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall ]

• overdoes the earnestness in a way that's corny and dull

  by Sheri Linden [Boxoffice Magazine ]

• one of the best films of the year.

  by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News ]

• 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 ]

• as chilling and redemptive as anything Cronenberg has ever crafted.

  by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]

• 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 ]

• an effortlessly addicting little tale of haunted pasts and borrowed lives.

  by Scott Weinberg [EFilmCritic ]

• an astonishingly stirring thriller

  by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak ]

• absorbing and often excruciatingly suspenseful

  by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer ]

• a very entertaining movie

  by Brendan Cullin [Empire Movies ]

• a remarkably interesting thriller

  by Allison Benedikt [Chicago Tribune ]

• a real-life movie with disturbing dramatic implications

  by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]

• a finely wrought and intelligent thriller

  by Tim Knight [Reel ]

• A film that's hard to shake

  by Chris Barsanti [Filmcritic ]
• Reviewed by Mel Valentin [Movie-Vault ]
• Reviewed by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press ]
• Reviewed by [The Filmiliar Cineaste ]
• Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday ]
• Reviewed by James Verniere [Boston Herald ]
• Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix ]
• Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
• Reviewed by Jeremiah Kipp [Slant Magazine ]
• Reviewed by Rob Blackwelder [SPLICEDwire ]
• Reviewed by Ken Eisner [Georgia Straight ]

Reader's Reviews

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