Parker
FilmDistrict | Release Date: January 25, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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10
Negative:
11
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiSep 9, 2014
The best things about Parker are the two lead actors. Although working with material that is lackluster even by his standards, Statham manages to demonstrate a commanding screen presence that cannot be dismissed. Opposite him, Lopez delivers one of her more convincing performances. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJan 30, 2013
Despite an epic fight or two, Parker robs us of the revenge, the suspense of the hunt, of Parker's methodical way of tracking down those who betrayed him, one by one. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesPeter SobczynskiJan 26, 2013
The best things about Parker are the two lead actors. Although working with material that is lackluster even by his standards, Statham manages to demonstrate a commanding screen presence that cannot be dismissed. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJan 19, 2013
Tonally, Parker's not so much broad or inclusive as weirdly schizophrenic, vacillating between flat comedy and spiked savagery, the product of a painfully slapdash script that also includes such laughable incidental dialogue as "pizza-I love that sh.t" and "beers and jewels, baby." Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJan 24, 2013
The essence of this grindingly violent movie can be summed up by what Parker says of his handgun to a terrified clerk at a check-cashing service: "It's small, but it hurts." Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTom RussoJan 31, 2013
The best we get here are modest action diversions. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedJan 29, 2013
For an old-fashioned crime thriller, you need real pros. Mr. Statham is to acting what Taco Bell is to nutrition. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversJan 25, 2013
This Parker spits in our collective eye. Don't blame us for spitting back. Read full review
25
The PlaylistDrew TaylorJan 25, 2013
This newest film is an undercooked potboiler, one so tastelessly bland and visually indistinguishable that you wonder if anyone associated with the project realized what makes cheapo crime fiction so fun to consume. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesJan 30, 2013
I have never doodled during a movie before in my life, but holy hell, Parker's two-hour running time takes a lifetime. Plenty of time for mental doodling, too. Read full review
20
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJan 25, 2013
The smidgen of dramatic color offered by Jennifer Lopez, as a divorced real-estate broker drawn into Parker's payback scheme, is offset by her character's shocking naïveté, shedding her clothes on command (as if she still couldn't hide a wire somewhere) and falling unconvincingly for Statham's featureless cipher. Read full review
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