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RED Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore

  Even the more cartoonish performances, like John Malkovich's acid-damaged paranoiac, fit the movie's vision of the vanished, wild-and-woolly heyday of spycraft.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  Only a curmudgeon could entirely resist the laid-back charms of Red, an amusing, light-footed caper about a team of aging CIA veterans rudely forced out of retirement.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  The best part of Red is the spectacle of terrific actors being terrific in novel ways.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  The best part of Red is the spectacle of terrific actors being terrific in novel ways.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment Weekly

  Unfortunately, while RED's stars may have gotten better with age, its many clichs have not.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  It is possible to have a good time at RED, but it is not a very good movie.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Red can't stop itself from trying too hard to be hip. It's not that it doesn't have effective moments, it's that it doesn't have as many as it thinks it does. The film's inescapable air of glib self-satisfaction is not only largely unearned, it's downright irritating.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Red is neither a good movie nor a bad one. It features actors we like doing things we wish were more interesting.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The uneven humor, half-baked plot and generic action scenes keep RED from being much fun.

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