From Paris with Love
Lionsgate | Release Date: February 5, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
16
Negative:
9
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60
Time OutKeith Uhlich
John Travolta breaks the braggadocio meter in the latest tightly wound actioner from "Taken’s" Pierre Morel. Read full review
60
EmpireAngie Errigo
It’s absolute nonsense, of course, but does quite nicely as knockabout Friday night fun. We can smell a sequel if Travolta can be bothered. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
With his flamboyant ridiculousness, Travolta does, however, give From Paris With Love a pulse, which is more than can be said for the film’s petulant hero, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Travolta has/is a blast in an action-thriller-comedy that otherwise comes up short. Read full review
50
VarietyAndrew Barker
To his credit, Travolta hams it up with the kind of laissez-faire irony that might have made the film a tongue-in-cheek pleasure, had his attitude extended to the filmmakers. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
Doesn't really know what it wants to be. Morel would have done better to remember the "to thine own self be true" bit, and stayed with the dunderheaded shoot-'em-up vibe, with Travolta having a blast, often literally. Read full review
50
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Basically a bloody buddy picture that tries too hard. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
A ''fun trash'' movie that's more trash than fun. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I hasten to say this is not criticism of John Travolta. He succeeds in this movie by essentially acting in a movie of his own. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
This is the sort of asinine action exercise that needs a star to blow up cars and leap from rooftop to rooftop with gusto. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
It's a hyper-violent buddy comedy. If you like that sort of thing -- think "Training Day," with laughs -- you'll love this. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
No movie star appears to have more fun in a crap movie than John Travolta, and his inimitable my-check-has-cleared! glee is the best thing about this lame espionage thriller. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Amid all the mayhem, there is Paris in all its faded-light glory. Is the movie worth seeing as a travelogue? Only if you are (a) a masochist, (b) a terrorist, or (c) desperate. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazinePete Hammond
If so inclined for a breezy, violent time-waster audiences could do worse. Travolta sadly can do so much better. Read full review
40
TimeMary Pols
This pickpocket of a movie flashes open its coat to proudly display all its swiped goodies. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The film is so self-referencing, however, that a running gag about Wax/Travolta craving a “royale with cheese” moves the film’s energy backward rather than forward. Perhaps instead it was a reference to the film’s nutritional value rather than its screen precedents. Read full review
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