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Avg. Critic Score: 48 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 Iffy for 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Has some faults, but it manages to keep its audience either angry or jumpy from start to finish. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This is the second movie Judd and Freeman have made together (after "Kiss the Girls" in 1997). They're both good at projecting a kind of Southern intelligence that knows its way around the frailties of human nature. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    Satisfies a hunger for the basics: a decent mystery to chew on, a bit of juicy suspense, maybe a plot twist as garnish. The fare is all on the standard menu, but it goes down well just the same. Read full review

  • 60
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    Ms. Judd commands the screen with consistent authority, and Mr. Freeman brings expansive humor to the role of a self-styled wildcard who's still dangerous in court. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    The problem with High Crimes, acceptable though it is, is that it's not close to anyone's best work. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    For his part. Mr. Freeman shows himself, once again, incapable of giving a bad performance. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    It's no crime the movie has one or two endings too many, given that many thrillers of the past quarter-century have had the same. But Judd's latest is too harmless to be anything but a misdemeanor. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    This is very much a ''woman's picture,'' driven by a twin rudder of anxiety and empowerment. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    Judd now is top-billed, but her performance is so resolutely humorless and businesslike that Freeman's gruffly affectionate warmth becomes doubly valuable, though not nearly enough to lend this generic project any special character. Read full review

  • 20
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    All in all, High Crimes isn't worth the crayons it took to write the script. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+ Mediocre thriller of the betrayed-woman genre.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that the movie has some violent moments, including flashbacks to a massacre by US armed forces and a bombing that kills civilians. Characters are in jeopardy, and some are wounded, one has a miscarriage, and one is killed. A character is an alcoholic and there are scenes in a bar. There are sexual references and situations, including prostitutes, and some very strong language. The issue of betrayal may also be upsetting for some audience members.
  • Families can talk about how we learn whom to trust and how we feel when our trust is betrayed. Characters also have to deal with ends-justify-the-means conflicts. How do you feel about the way they resolve them? Some family members may want to talk about the choice Charles makes when he is asked to take a drink.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Violence, including peril, dead bodies and car accident.
  • sex false3 Sex: Sexual references and situations, including prostitutes.
  • language false3 Language: Some strong language.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Alcoholic character.
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