75 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert One of those movies you like more at the time than in retrospect. Read full review
70 The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt The script does create sufficient tension and intrigue to hook viewers along with a photogenic, hardworking cast. Read full review
63 Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea That the film, directed in swift strokes by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay credited to Kurt Wimmer, doesn't really work - unrelentingly grim, unintentionally funny - is almost beside the point. It's a wild concept. Read full review
50 USA Today | Claudia Puig Deep within Law Abiding Citizen lurks a thought-provoking movie. But most of what we see on the screen is implausible, superficial and only marginally involving. Read full review