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Freedomland (2006)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Production Photos Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites Recommendations Sign in to receive personalized recommendations. Sign In Or  Sign Up   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Steve Murray "A would-be important movie that mishandles all its good ideas." more... C- Boston Globe Wesley Morris "...an overblown urban crime drama that should be a lot better than it is." more... C- Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...assembles the elements for a superior thriller, but were the instructions lost when the box was opened?" more... C   E! Online "It's a big lumpy mess of a movie, with a screaming, crying and babbling Moore at the center providing the unintentional laughs." more... D   Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman "...a hokey and diagrammed affair..." more... B- filmcritic.com Sean O'Connell "In seconds, Freedomland goes from zero to 60." more... B   Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden "Crime is merely the starting point for this dark, involving drama." more... A- New York Post Lou Lumenick "...embarrassing fiasco..." more... D   New York Times Manohla Dargis "...an early candidate for worst film of the year ..." more... F   ReelViews James Berardinelli "...one of an increasingly endangered species: the adult movie that's about something." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "Every grace note is blunted by director Joe Roth, who displays no feel for the material." more... D   San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "What saves Freedomland are the individual scenes and the interplay of people." more... B   Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...challenging, engaging and free of the usual thriller cliches." more... B- USA Today Claudia Puig "Steer clear of Freedomland..." more... C- * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)