Misconduct
Grindstone Entertainment Group | Release Date: February 5, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Village VoiceChuck WilsonFeb 3, 2016
The new thriller Misconduct is getting kicked to the curb by its distributor, which is too bad, because director Shintaro Shimosawa's debut feature boasts an elegant visual style and a mystery plot with so many absurd twists that the film becomes enjoyable high melodrama. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernFeb 10, 2016
The movie’s silly-arty aesthetic is regurgitated Polanski, and there’s a shameless script steal from "Presumed Innocent." Read full review
50
VarietyJoe LeydonFeb 5, 2016
A flagrantly derivative but modestly diverting drama. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 4, 2016
It's the sort of by-the-numbers, forgettable thriller, starring actors whose marquee days are behind them. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayFeb 4, 2016
If Misconduct were more lurid — or more shamelessly idiotic — it might at least be a guilty pleasure. But instead it’s slow-paced, and the filmmakers’ idea of cheap thrills is to make Emily a masochist, who gets turned on by being spanked and slapped around. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleFeb 4, 2016
To say everyone plays like they're in separate movies is an understatement. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 5, 2016
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” Joan Didion once said. And yet, watching Misconduct, a twisty but exceptionally bone-headed—one might even say cretinous—legal thriller, sitting through its story hardly felt like “living.” Read full review
25
New York PostLou LumenickFeb 4, 2016
Some handsome location shooting in New Orleans doesn’t make up for the Oscar winners’ relentless hamming and a plot that twists way beyond credibility. Read full review
10
The New York TimesStephen HoldenFeb 5, 2016
This clumsy, poorly written action thriller is such a complete catastrophe that you wonder how actors with the stature of Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Pacino were bamboozled into appearing in it. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty Feb 3, 2016
This isn't a movie, it's a rapsheet, a series of assaults committed against its cast and its viewers. Read full review
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