Nothing But the Truth
Yari Film Group Releasing | Release Date: December 17, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Lurie hits closer to the bone here than he did in his ham-handed "The Contender" (2000). Read full review
80
Film ThreatScott Mendelson
It is a rock-solid entertainment, made by adults, starring adults, and intended for adults. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
A typically intelligent if occasionally overwritten political thriller, boasting a powerhouse cast. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Throughout it all, however, I couldn't escape the feeling that this movie belonged on television instead. It has the immediacy, but also the shallowness, of an extended TV episode. Talking heads proliferate and pontificate. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Lurie has crafted a different kind of thriller, one with a mind and a heart. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Mostly, Nothing But The Truth operates a lot like Billy Ray's "Shattered Glass" and "Breach," offering up the sort of no-nonsense, meat-and-potatoes docudrama that's in short supply these days. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Competently constructed and nicely acted by Kate Beckinsale and Vera Farmiga. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
In the spirit of its title, Nothing but the Truth pivots on a plot twist that's both good and fair. And kudos to the ever-earnest Beckinsale for surviving a prison brawl as splatterific as anything Mickey Rourke had to endure in "The Wrestler." Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
A fairly gripping cautionary tale. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Nothing but the Truth has nothing much at all to do with the historical record, which wouldn't be bad if it offered something persuasive and worthwhile in return, like a reckoning of journalism and its abuses. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSam Adams
Lurie spins off into invention like a "Law & Order" writer on deadline, scrambling the issues so thoroughly it's no longer clear what, if anything, the movie is meant to address. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
Nothing But the Truth is like listening to the fourth-best debater in middle school present a term paper called "Politics, Power and the Media." Read full review
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