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Avg. Critic Score: 67 out of 100 Generally favorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
15 Iffy for 15+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    The picture is solidly crafted, performed to the hilt and full of humor. Read full review

  • 80
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    An enormously entertaining visit to planet paranoia, but its escapist pleasures titillate only in direct proportion to the degree of persecution complex that you bring into the theater with you. Read full review

  • 80
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott have wisely set their course by Will Smith, who is sensational in a dramatic role that leans on him to carry a movie without the help of aliens or Big Willie-style jokes for every occasion. Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    It has a hurtling pace, nonstop intensity and a stylish, appealing performance by Will Smith in his first real starring role. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    A solid and satisfying commercial venture with more than enough pizazz to overcome occasional lapses in moment-to-moment plausibility. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly |

    A high-adrenaline, high-concept action thriller that mixes hot-button issues of privacy and surveillance, easy-to-identify good and bad guys, attention-getting stars, and well-choreographed chase scenes. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    In too much of a hurry to be much of a people picture. And the standoff at the end edges perilously close to the ridiculous, for a movie that's tried so hard to be plausible. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Emanuel Levy

    Sporadically entertaining, though it lacks the kind of political urgency and emotional resonance so crucial to many similarly themed '70s movies. Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    The dazzle doesn't make up, however, for the movie's lack of depth. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    A frustrating film that feels cobbled together. Read full review


Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+ Decent thriller; not suitable for kids.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that there are four-letter words, references to infidelity, and bloody scenes, but fewer than in most R movies.
  • Families can talk about the issues raised by balancing the right to privacy with the need for protection.
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Not an issue
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Some bloody scenes.
  • sex false2 Sex: References to infidelity.
  • language false3 Language: Profanity.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Some.

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