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Knight and Day Review

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2.5

Dave White Profile

Selling the new Tom Cruise. Read full review

3.0

Jen Yamato Profile

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

  • 3.0
    46

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    Mixed or average reviews
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  • 10

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    The source of this movie's energy is near-perpetual desperation. You can see it in Tom Cruise's fixed grin, and in the mad proliferation of unspecial effects.

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  • 30

    out of 100

    The New York Times A.O. Scott

    A loud, seemingly interminable, and altogether incoherent entry in the preposterous and proliferating "action-comedy" genre.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety Justin Chang

    A high-energy, low-impact caper-comedy that labors to bring a measure of wit, romance and glamour to an overworked spy-thriller template.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

    Laziness permeates the film from the inexplicable escapes to the neglected romance.

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  • 58

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    In this oddly uninvolving caper, the size of skulls makes its own statement: The producers assume that audience interest in movie stars is bigger than audience interest in characters.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    It's hardly a perfect film, not even close, but it is the most entertaining made-for-adults studio movie of the summer, and one of the reasons it works at all is the great skill and commitment Cruise brings to the starring role.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Diaz has one of the most winning grins in the movies. Basically, what I wanted was more of it. Some of that Cary Grant dialog. More flirtation. More of a feeling the characters, not the production, were the foreground. More of the stars.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    It's a quintessential movie hybrid: a romantic thriller with exciting high-speed chases, brisk comedy and exotic scenery.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

OK for kids 14+

Action romance has high body count, little consequence.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that although Knight and Day is a globetrotting action thriller, it has strong comic/romantic undertones and a cheerful, playful tone that makes the violenceseem almost inconsequential. And despite the body count, there's very little blood or gore. Expect plenty of flirting between stars Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise and a little kissing, with some brief talk about sex. There's also some drinking (including one scene in which Diaz's character gets drunk on tequila), and various "spy"drugs are introduced throughout the movie. Neither of the main characters are depicted as strongly positive role models for teens, but that's not what the movie is about, either -- ultimately, it's meant to be a fun adventure for adults and older kids.

  • Families can talk about the movie's violence. What impact does it have? How does it compare to violence in movies with a more serious tone?
  • Is June a strong female role model? At what point does she begin to take action on her own?
  • What role does trust play in the story? How does trust affect June and Roy's relationship?

The good stuff
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    Messages: The movie's key theme seems to be that if you want to try something exciting, go ahead and try it -- without too much concern for consequences (even when death and killing is involved). And as June starts hearing different stories from different characters, she must learn to follow her heart and trust the right person.

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    Role models: Though June eventually finds her footing and her strength, she's very passive for large portions of the story. Roy shoots and kills several bad guys over the course of the movie with no consequences or remorse -- but he's clearly meant to be a good guy who has the best intentions and a positive outlook.

What to watch for
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    Violence: The movie is filled with action violence (much of it played for humor) -- including guns, hand-to-hand combat, and lots of other fighting -- but has little gore or blood. The body count is fairly high, but the impact/consequence of that fact is contrasted by the film's overall light tone. The hero is shot, and viewers see his bloody (but minor) wound. There are also drug-tipped needle darts, several explosions, car chases, motorcycle chases, and bull chases.

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    Sex: The two main characters are clearly attracted to each other, and there's plenty of flirting and a few major kissing scenes. In an early scene, June preps herself in the bathroom, hoping for some kind of connection with Roy when she emerges. In another scene, the couple rolls around on the beach. In a late scene, June (while under the influence of a truth drug) says, "I'd like to have sex with you. I bet we'd have great sex." Roy changes June into a bikini while she's drugged, which angers her (even though he says he didn't look).

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    Language: Languag includes a few uses of "s--t," one "f--k," and terms like "hell" and "oh my God."

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    Consumerism: A Bud Light ad is visible on the side of a building for a few seconds.

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: During a tense plane ride in the first section of the movie, June drinks a lot of tequila to calm her nerves; the scene is played for comic effect. Roy also takes a drink. The agents are also always slipping various drugs to each other; June gets a "knockout" drug twice and a truth serum once.

Fan Reviews provided by

4

one of my faves by diet pepsi
i realy enjoyed thiis movie when i went to see it it was just a true summer treat for the entire family minous a few choice words and constant violence it was just wondeful best action movie of 2010 hands down

4

Knight And Day Movie Review by Asianfreak
75 out of 100 Action, laughs, sexy romance is a fun mix of the perfect date movie.

5

by criticallykelly

5


5

Knight and Day review by jess crush
one of my favorite movies in the past copel of years it was just awsome i loved the non stop action and thrills and fun wow was i on the edge of my seat when i saw this one realy good oh yea the story goes a little like this well this girl is ready to fly to her sisters wedding but before bording the plane she meets a man and he tells her not to get on the plane well the man is a secret agent and is trying to catch other agents and the woman kind of winds up in the middle of all of this . and that is pretty mutch the whole story bye now

4

by TerpsFan72

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