Child 44

Summit Entertainment | Release Date: April 17, 2015

5.6	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 138 Ratings

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LowbrowCinemaAug 8, 2015

CHILD 44 is basically an incomprehensible mess of a movie. Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace do their best to save it but it's ultimately a sinking Russion ship of espionage hooey.

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foxgroveApr 17, 2015

Despite a good performance from Tom Hardy this is a confused and unconvincing drama based on a popular novel by Tom Rob Smith. Juggling with rather too many story strands it fails to maintain focus and the end result is a sprawling mess. TheDespite a good performance from Tom Hardy this is a confused and unconvincing drama based on a popular novel by Tom Rob Smith. Juggling with rather too many story strands it fails to maintain focus and the end result is a sprawling mess. The premise promises much dealing as it does with the search for a child serial killer (based on true facts) circa 1954 in Russia, but anyone expecting a movie in the vein of Zodiac or Seven will be really disappointed as this aspect of the film is given short shrift. More time is spent dealing with the power play between MGB officers bent on keeping its citizens under control at all costs. The film has a few standout scenes most of which involve murder or violence and the final confrontation with the child killer is effective at first instance, but is disappointingly played out. Technically the film is just so so. The cinematography is dark and dingy and the music adds little to the mood. The ending is predictable if quite moving, but such calculated manipulation is in no way a reason to forgive or forget the struggle one has endured in the preceding two hours.… Expand

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ZhabohvatMay 16, 2015

I have never seen more lying movie about soviet era than this ! Stalin here described as an cruel tyrant. Yes, there was The great purge, but it was against the party leaders and general. Ordinary people mostly feel safety at Stalin's time,I have never seen more lying movie about soviet era than this ! Stalin here described as an cruel tyrant. Yes, there was The great purge, but it was against the party leaders and general. Ordinary people mostly feel safety at Stalin's time, particularly in economy's course… Expand

3 of 8 users found this helpful35

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AthanasiusApr 17, 2015

Rather than adequately show the negative features of the Stalinist regime (his true nature), this film shows us the primitive and delusional set of propaganda cliches, which many directors in Hollywood would have refused to use even duringRather than adequately show the negative features of the Stalinist regime (his true nature), this film shows us the primitive and delusional set of propaganda cliches, which many directors in Hollywood would have refused to use even during the Cold War. The plot is so crazy and uninteresting that even such actors like Gary Oldman and Vincent Cassel can not save this film.… Expand

3 of 13 users found this helpful310

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