Domino
Saban Films | Release Date: May 31, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
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8
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9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJun 4, 2019
There is the overwhelming sense that Domino was not directed by any one person at all, but rather spliced and diced by committee into something barely watchable. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 18, 2019
Domino is a drab, implausible and melodramatic terrorism thriller showing his ongoing interest in the post 9-11 world of “Redacted" (2007). Drab, that is, until he gets to one of those famous set-pieces. Read full review
35
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiMay 30, 2019
Domino offers a sloppy screenplay with underdeveloped characters and a half-written plot, pumped full of racist, fear-mongering, one-dimensional villainy. Only the most diehard De Palma fans will find anything to intrigue them, and they’re going to have to sift through a lot of boring junk to find it. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 28, 2019
Domino is, for large stretches, just ludicrous—and atypically boring. It’s a sad sight to see from a filmmaker who, once upon a time, excelled at drawing a viewer into the thrill of seeing a sequence come together, with all the pieces falling into place. In Domino, one finds only the pieces. Read full review
30
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 2, 2019
To hear the unmistakable sounds of yet another lavishly orchestrated Donaggio swoonfest laid over the flat, static expository scenes of the choppy benumbed “international” police thriller Domino is to watch De Palma trying to create cinematic fire out of burnt-out match sticks. Read full review
30
Screen DailyStephen Whitty May 28, 2019
Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but Domino dishes it up as a sloppy mess of warmed-over clichés. Instead of his old high style and kinky violence, director Brian De Palma delivers only crude thrills and ugly stereotypes, a soggy bag of junk-food snacks. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartJun 1, 2019
Domino, though, is the dregs: This thriller may be randomly set one year in the future, yet it’s hopelessly regressive — a parade of lame stereotypes that feels directed by an out-of-touch Old Hollywood old guy (De Palma is 78). Read full review
25
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthMay 27, 2019
The film’s half-hearted politics — which do make a statement, regardless of intent — are perhaps less egregious than a movie that’s simply going through the motions for the bulk of its running time. Read full review
20
The GuardianBenjamin LeeMay 31, 2019
Even die-hard De Palma completists would be better served by forgetting this one exists – a tedious, ugly thriller devoid of anything to say that will serve as a regrettable footnote for a distinguished film-maker who is capable of so much more. Read full review
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