| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino |
"Barely passable entertainment involving a kind of Family Von Trapped." more... |
C+ |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"Even Ford knows he's been down this road too often; his performance has a grim intensity and not a shred of spontaneity." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Need a thriller be plausible in order to be entertaining?" more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...an efficient time-passer at least until the plot starts obsessing over the fate of the family dog..." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"This is one Firewall that's been badly hacked." more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...hopelessly lousy..." more... |
D- |
filmcritic.com
David Thomas |
"What we don't have is an original plot, interesting characters, or compelling dialogue." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Routine thriller done in by overemphasis on a family in jeopardy." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...the kind of thriller whose ridiculous climax hinges on a hitherto undisclosed GPS tracking device in a dog's collar..." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...a thrill-challenged thriller..." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Firewall is flawed, but that didn't prevent me from enjoying it..." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...flabby and familiar." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSale |
"I like Firewall. I like it for the thing it is, a reasonably solid B movie..." more... |
B- |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...highly unsatisfying and a rather grueling experience..." more... |
C |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Harrison Ford needs a better agent. Or a sharper pair of reading glasses for perusing scripts." more... |
C |
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