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Jack Reacher Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy

  Tom Cruise is in fine form as mysterious tough guy Jack Reacher finally reaches the big screen.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Village Voice

  Cruise is definitely too short for the gig, but in this first fight, he proves his tough-guy chops. Outraged Reacher readers can stand down.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  That Cruise fails to make a case for Reacher's allure, though, has less to do with physical dissonance than it does with the film's inability - stupefying inability, really - to otherwise make a case for the character's originality in a movie so choked with visual clichés and dreadfully moldy dialogue.

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• 50

  out of 100

  TimeRichard Corliss

  Even when the film is cool, it manages to be wrong.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Despite a terrific cast, Jack Reacher comes up empty-handed.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyPeter Debruge

  Reacher is a brawny action figure whose exploits would have been a good fit for the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone back in the day, but feel less fun when delegated to a leading man like Tom Cruise. The star is too charismatic to play someone so cold-blooded, and his fans likely won't appreciate the stretch.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Apart from the car chase, the only real fun in Jack Reacher comes from Mr. Herzog and Robert Duvall, called in near the end for some marvelously gratuitous scenery chewing as a gruff former Marine. They enliven the movie's atmosphere of weary brutality for a few moments, but they also call attention to the dullness of their dramatic surroundings.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey

  So thrill-less, so chill-less is Jack Reacher that it is unlikely to spark interest, much less controversy.

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• 0

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Jack Reacher, which Christopher McQuarrie directed from his adaptation of a Lee Child crime novel, is not just another dumb thriller. It's almost peerlessly self-important, weirdly incoherent and eerily smarmy. It's also mysteriously inept, considering that Tom Cruise plays the title role.

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