| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"The movie's not a gem, but DiCaprio's performance is." more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...wears both its social conscience and its Hollywood calculation on its sleeve." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper |
"...a work of amazingly orchestrated chaos." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a visually sumptuous, bullet-train-paced thriller with a really provocative theme." more... |
A- |
E! Online
Luke Y. Thompson |
"Edward Zwick, will you please step down off your soapbox?" more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"There is every reason to learn about the link between jewels and death, by all means, but no reason to try to disguise a term paper as entertainment." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Anne Gilbert |
"...surprisingly successful." more... |
B+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden |
"...the film seldom transcends the awkwardness of its edutainment blend." more... |
C+ |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Picture Indiana Jones reading aloud a couple of huffy editorials from the New York Times while he's dodging boulders and you'll get the idea." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...gilded in money and dripping with sanctimony..." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...uncompromising in the way it depicts the Sierra Leone conflict..." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"DiCaprio is terrific, but he can't save this lecture from the shame of using Africa as a vehicle for another white man's redemption." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...brain-fryingly boring." more... |
D+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...fueled by DiCaprio's intensity and believability." more... |
B+ |
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