Freedomland
Sony Pictures Releasing | Release Date: February 17, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
14
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
The film is, above all, a moving portrait of hurting souls, brought to life in compelling performances. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
At the finish, the filmmakers give us at least three different endings, probably because they have no idea what Freedomland is saying, probably because it's not saying much of anything. But a film with this many virtues can't be written off as just another average entry. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The film doesn't lose its way emotionally; it's full of great monologues about loss and responsibility. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Strong acting is one of the film's hallmarks. It has been a while since Samuel L. Jackson has given a performance with this much intensity. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Its focus--the children--are not even onscreen very much. But their ghosts are everywhere, and the pain of the film is primal. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Moore doesn't just act. She goes on the attack, embracing the kind of lower-rung-of-the-middle-class role that actresses from Jodie Foster to Meryl Streep have long savored. Her performance is an achievement of sorts, yet, like the movie itself, it's also strenuous and joyless. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
If Freedomland reminds you of Spike Lee's "Clockers," that's not by accident. Like that film, it's adapted by Richard Price from his novel and is set in the neighboring Northern New Jersey communities of Dempsy, predominantly poor and African-American, and the largely white blue-collar suburb of Gannon. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Like most Price movies, it's challenging, engaging and free of the usual thriller cliches. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Hugely ambitious and driven by Julianne Moore, Samuel L. Jackson and Edie Falco's fine, intense performances, Richard Price's adaptation of his own sprawling novel about a racially charged kidnapping that turns a volatile New Jersey town into a powder keg tries to tell too many stories in too little time. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Moore is as gutsy an actress as there is today, and I'm not sure I've seen a star as dressed down for a psychological unpeeling since Jessica Lange in "Frances," in 1982, or farther back, Olivia de Havilland in 1948's "The Snake Pit." It's strong stuff. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
First-rate actors bail out second-rate directors all the time, and Freedomland serves as the latest example. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Price has written a screenplay that may be complex and ambitious to a fault. Read full review
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