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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Bob Graham

    Potentially oppressive subject matter is redeemed by impeccable moral integrity and stunning artistry. Read full review

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    To look at Bringing Out the Dead --to look, indeed, at almost any Scorsese film--is to be reminded that film can touch us urgently and deeply. Read full review

  • 90
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Cage, who gives a blazing, imposive performance, uses his haunted eyes to reveal the emotional scars that Frank can't heal. Read full review

  • 88
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    In a role as tailor-made for him as the story is for its writer and director, Nicolas Cage anchors the movie with one of his best performances. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | Emanuel Levy

    Achieves a poetic, quasi-religious tone. Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    An intense, volatile film full of sorrow and wild, mordant humor. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Ty Burr

    Works more in your head than on the screen. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    While heartfelt and beautifully crafted, Bringing Out the Dead is too freighted with its protagonist's failed savior complex and is surprisingly lacking in primal impact. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    Doesn't pack the punch of Schrader and Scorsese's career-best collaborations ("Raging Bull," "Taxi Driver"). Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Dances on the edge of flat-lining just like the DOAs that are Frank's stock-in-trade. Read full review

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