| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...preposterous, luridly entertaining..." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...an action picture that’s exhausting in its relentless violence and its ingenuity in inventing new ways to attack, defend, ambush and annihilate." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"...while it unquestionably glamorizes murder as a sexy national pastime, you also can't deny that the movie is at least, occasionally, sort of badass." more... |
C- |
E! Online
Alex Markerson |
"...visually exciting..." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...kind of unintelligible and idiotic. Also kind of nasty and brutish. And also undeniably kind of fun..." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...there are more than enough original thrills to distance Wanted from its assorted predecessors." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...this over-the-top, ultraviolent, hyperkinetic action thriller pretty much has it all." more... |
A- |
Los Angeles Times
Sam Adams |
"These bold assassins move at breakneck speed and keep adrenaline pumping." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"This movie's got some wow." more... |
B |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"Things happen in Wanted, but no one cares." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Angelina Jolie has always oozed sex appeal, but she's never been able to match badass with dominatrix quite like this." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"It's trash, but I love it anyway." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...better in the beginning and goes south in its second half." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"You either go with the fantasy and enjoy the impossible acts of kinetic creativity or get stuck in the preposterousness of the premise and the flippant execution." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...more enjoyable than it ought to be." more... |
B- |
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