15 Minutes
New Line Cinema | Release Date: March 9, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
9
Negative:
15
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38
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
The unearned air of moralism that wafts through 15 Minutes pollutes its entertainment value. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Works just fine as a generic but fast-paced - and rather ugly - cop buddy flick.
38
USA TodayMike Clark
Clumsy urban thriller. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
15 Minutes settles into Richard Donner-style goulash. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Herzfeld also wrote the screenplay, and so its leaden and obvious tone and the resulting dearth of delicacy rests squarely on him. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
It takes a concerted effort to make a movie as relentlessly stupid and grating as 15 Minutes.
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Is less an end in itself than an excuse, a jumping off point for showy, contrived, borderline exploitation sequences that fail to tie together because they're not really there to do anything but sell themselves as money shot thrills. Read full review
25
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
It's the poster child for bad taste, not to mention bad construction. Read full review
20
Film.comErnest Hardy
15 Minutes is simply a bad movie. Read full review
20
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
It's fleet- footed, merciless entertainment. But the mixture of laughs, bathos and brutality is a big turnoff. Read full review
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
John Herzfeld, the writer-director, attacks America's lust for voyeuristic sensationalism by aping the very tactics he decries. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
They (De Niro, Burns) look good together. But what a staggering pity they chose such a nasty, hackneyed movie to demonstrate their chemistry. Read full review
0
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
If Detroit had produced an equivalent lemon, we might have been seeing the world's first one-wheeled, square-tired car with no cooling system, steering wheel or brakes.
0
SlateDavid Edelstein
It all adds up to one of the most brazen pieces of blame-shifting in exploitation-picture history. Read full review
0
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Isn't just rotten -- badly acted, badly written, badly conceived -- it's dead inside. Read full review
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