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

  • 100
    The New York Times | Vincent Canby

    It's movie making of the high, smooth, commercial order that Hollywood prides itself on but achieves with singular infrequency. Read full review

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The director is Wolfgang Petersen ("Das Boot"), who is able to unwind the plot like clockwork while at the same time establishing the characters as surprisingly sympathetic. Read full review

  • 80
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    It's not the deepest thematic concern you ever saw on screen. But it's watchable, great fun. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    What neophyte scripterscripter Jeff Maguire's plot comes down to, however, is the cat-and-mouse game between Horrigan and Leary, and the craftiness and strategies involved on both sides, while not exactly ingenious, are tantalizing enough to compel interest. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    In truth, every part of this film trades so heavily on Eastwood's presence that it is impossible to imagine it with anyone else in the starring role. [09 Jul 1993 Pg. F1] Read full review

  • 78
    Austin Chronicle | Marjorie Baumgarten

    In the Line of Fire is a terrific action movie with good performances and a smart script that occasionally falters for trying too hard but, on the whole, takes us on psychological journeys that few of us have had opportunities to experience. Read full review

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Eastwood hasn't had this much fun with a role in years, and his joy is contagious. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    With all of that going for it, it's hard to see how In the Line of Fire could be anything less than rock-solid entertainment-and, indeed, it is. Yet it's never more than that. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Susan Wloszczyna

    In the tautly terrific thriller In the Line of Fire , Clint Eastwood toys with his own grizzled-vet screen image like a frisky kitten with a yarn ball. [09 Jul 1993 Pg. 01.D] Read full review

  • 40
    Washington Post | Hal Hinson

    Working from the script by Jeff Maguire, director Wolfgang Petersen ("Das Boot") plods through the narrative as if he were completely unconcerned with giving it even a semblance of credibility. Read full review

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