Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Grey Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  It's a fine, tough little movie, technically assured and brutally efficient, with a simple story that ventures into some profound existential territory without making a big fuss about it.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Sit through the entire credits. There's one more shot still to come. Not that you wouldn't be content without it.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  The Grey, a man's-man of a genre picture that will satisfy the action audience while reminding more discerning viewers what they saw in director Joe Carnahan's decade-old breakthrough, "Narc."

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJohn Anderson

  Mr. Carnahan has till now been pigeonholed, and rightly, by comedy shoot-'em-ups like "Smokin' Aces" and "The A-Team." But here he is with The Grey - certainly an adventure film but one with a spiritual ingredient that is both surprising and fiercely resonant.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  You see the pattern here? Winter-release slot + travel budget + Liam Neeson = slightly preposterous, routinely violent, apparently lucrative action movie in which the Irish-born star signals inner emotional conflict with his handsomely mashed boxer's face while settling outer physical conflict with his boxer's fists.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The computer-generated wolves have more personality than any of the dull characters in The Grey.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyJoe Leydon

  The picture's dialogue-heavy stretches and ambiguous finale could leave ticketbuyers impatient for less chatter and more chomping.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Village Voice

  There's too much Jack London, and, as they systematically pick off the stragglers, too many CGI wolves go unpunched.

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