A Walk Among the Tombstones
Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 19, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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18
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15
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 18, 2014
With the combo of Neeson’s natural solemnity and his action chops, “Tombstones” treads compellingly amongst lesser thrillers. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSep 18, 2014
Scott Frank's atmospheric thriller is a step up from Neeson's usual shoot-'em-ups. Not a giant leap, but a step up nonetheless. Read full review
60
CineVueEd FranklSep 18, 2014
When push comes to shove, A Walk Among the Tombstones carries its B-movie thrills with aplomb. Read full review
60
VarietyAndrew BarkerSep 16, 2014
Too formally well crafted to be dismissed, but too straightforward and uncurious to be particularly exciting or insightful. Read full review
60
Total FilmMatt GlasbySep 15, 2014
Exciting, in places, though a stranger to subtlety, it ticks all the genre boxes, but there’s something about its knowing noirisms that feels superficial rather than soaked-in. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskySep 17, 2014
Every year, so many artless, gormless, generically slick thrillers make their way into theaters that any time a genre director displays basic filmmaking smarts, the result ends up seeming like a retro novelty. Such is the case with writer-director Scott Frank’s murky potboiler A Walk Among The Tombstones. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoSep 18, 2014
The problem with this adaptation of Lawrence Block’s detective yarn isn’t that it casts Neeson in a role we’re seeing him play again and again. It’s that no one else in the movie makes a character feel nearly as broken-in and fully inhabited as he does. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranSep 18, 2014
A Walk Among the Tombstones is the creepiest film I've seen in quite some time, and that's not meant as a compliment. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadaySep 18, 2014
The look, style and smarts of A Walk Among the Tombstones seem like such a refreshingly toned-down departure from the outlandishness of Neeson’s “Taken” franchise that it’s all the more dismaying when the film shifts radically into a sadistic tableau of blood and gore. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithSep 18, 2014
They don’t make ’em like A Walk Among the Tombstones any more. Mainly because everyone got bored with ’em and stopped watching ’em. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 16, 2014
Distinctly and proudly old-fashioned in its retro, film noir vibe, A Walk Among the Tombstones is notable for its dark atmospherics and strong performance by Liam Neeson. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRupert HawksleySep 19, 2014
The film is not a total disaster, however. There is a captivating, unsettling climax and some impressive supporting performances. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternSep 18, 2014
None of the film's tropes — fancy camera angles, dark streets, persistent rain, psycho killers in doomy settings, Scudder trudging around the city on their trail — can hide the essential hollowness of a not-very-interesting revenge tale that takes a not-at-all-welcome turn into grisly, ugly horror. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovSep 17, 2014
With A Walk Among the Tombstones, the names have been changed but the story’s all too familiar. Speaking of which, "Taken 3" is on its way. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonSep 17, 2014
A Walk Among the Tombstones is well paced and fairly watchable, but it does take itself desperately seriously. Read full review
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