Hostage
Miramax Films | Release Date: March 11, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
13
Negative:
9
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38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Beyond the cliches, there's something deeply offensive about the way Hostage exploits our empathy for children in peril. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
An unrelenting assault on the brain and eardrums. Read full review
30
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
It doesn't satisfy in the way a good thriller ought to. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The movie as a whole is nonsensical. And long. And slow. And head-poundingly loud as it culminates in slavering horror.
30
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
But by the time Willis's character saves this considerably long day, it's filmgoers who will no doubt feel like prisoners, as a movie that promises to be a taut nail-biter devolves into the kind of silly, overblown climax parodied so beautifully by Robert Altman in "The Player." Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Take a tired formula...Stir with a director, Florent Siri, who has no shame about stealing every sadistic suspense trick from the Die Hard series. Serve to a gullible audience willing to pay top dollar for secondhand goods. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Hostage may well be the first action flick cited both for child abuse and audience abuse. In a singularly sadistic and degrading way it has something to offend everyone. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
This is a half-hearted, derivative action film with not a single honest artistic impulse behind it. Read full review
10
The New York TimesStephen Holden
More than sad, it's slightly sickening to consider the technology, talent and know-how squandered on Hostage, a pile of blood-soaked toxic waste dumped onto the screen in an attempt to salvage Bruce Willis's fading career as an action hero. Read full review
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