Felon
Stage 6 Films | Release Date: July 18, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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5
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5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Felon's dialogue is overheated and some of its plot twists are preposterous, yet it's still white-knuckle tense, and held together by dozens of small, well-observed moments. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
The most startling performance comes from Val Kilmer as Wade's hardened cellmate, a man who combines bitterness with wisdom. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Mr. Dorff’s hot-wired portrayal of a prisoner under physical and psychic siege gives Felon its emotional through line as Wade’s attitude metamorphoses from stunned disbelief, to terror, to despair, to fury and finally to hope. Read full review
70
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Stephen Dorff's powerhouse perf as an ordinary Joe trapped behind bars with warring ethnic psychopaths propels Felon well ahead of its expose/exploitation brethren while still avoiding the pious learning curves of Frank Darabont's prestige prison dramas. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Kilmer and Dorff, who was also an executive producer, immerse themselves in difficult roles. Read full review
60
Village VoiceEd Gonzalez
Harold Perrineau gives unintentionally comic expression in Felon to the delineation between his character's public and private scruples. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
A good cast and disciplined direction add some distinction to Ric Roman Waugh's Felon, which is basically the old tale about an innocent man corrupted by a stay in prison. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
Felon is not a total bust. What does work is because of the strength of the actors. Dorff brings a visceral sense of desperation to his performance, though he does tend to go too big too quickly. Kilmer gives the film its center as an alien, still presence amid the chaos around him. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Val Kilmer, as a polite horn-rimmed sociopath with a heart of gold, keeps showing up to drop Nietzschean pensées. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
There are times when a Kilmer performance is like watching a clock move: well-timed and oddly compelling, even though it's totally predictable. That's the case with Felon, which doesn't belong to Kilmer but which he steals anyhow. Read full review
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