Metacritic Movie Ratings
Rendition Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Rendition is valuable and rare. As I wrote from Toronto: "It is a movie about the theory and practice of two things: torture and personal responsibility. And it is wise about what is right, and what is wrong."

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  While the ingredients are there to make a tense and compelling post-9/11 thriller, Rendition falls flat.

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• 60

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  Rendition offers few surprises, and it tips its hand too soon and too predictably to do much more than goose your weary outrage.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Rendition certainly makes the case that torture, whatever name it goes under, is indefensible, yet one can agree with that view entirely and still feel that the movie is just a borderline exploitation of what anyone who reads the papers already knows.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  A well-meaning, honorable movie. Which is not to say that it is a very good one.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  By underplaying the melodrama in the presumed hope of seeming subtle when Kelley Sane's script is so baldly melodramatic, the "Tsotsi" helmer drains the life out of an obviously explosive subject.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  Rendition tackles the concern in a heavy-handed thriller with simplistic characters and manipulative story lines.

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