Road to Perdition
DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: July 12, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
29
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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60
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Visually more coherent than "American Beauty," but despite the burnished mahogany of Conrad Hall's cinematography, Mendes still doesn't quite know how to fill a frame. Like the Hanks character, he's a slow study: The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
On screen, Road to Perdition becomes a lace-curtain shoot-'em-up about fathers and sons. The graphic novel is more kinetic and more powerful than the motion picture.
50
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Self-conscious to the point of suffocation.
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
A change from summer fare, but it doesn't make the picture compelling to watch. You won't find the detail of the "Godfather" films or the psychological complexities of Martin Scorsese's gangster movies. The plot holes are big enough to hide Al Capone's illicit millions in. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Feels like a movie that keeps wishing it were something else: an award-winning play, a grand novel, an epic poem, anything but that populist thing we call a movie. Mendes makes movies as if he hates them. Read full review
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
Law gives a doozy of a performance: He's fond of bulging his eyes, curling his head like a gargoyle, and displaying a set of rotten yellow teeth. This is some of the most flamboyantly bad acting since Brad Pitt in "Twelve Monkeys" (1995). An Oscar nomination would appear inevitable. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Like a date who's primped too long to arrive at dinner with something to talk about, Road to Perdition is beautifully groomed and a perfect drag to be with. Read full review
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