Shadowboxer
Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: July 21, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
8
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60
VarietyRobert Koehler
Admirably jostles and upends the fatigued killer-for-hire genre. Read full review
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The New York TimesStephen Holden
A gaudy thriller saturated in sex and violence, is an extravagance that leaves you with your mouth hanging open - partly in admiration of its audacity and partly in disbelief at its preposterousness. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
A strident and shocking jumble, Shadowboxer suggests what you might come up with if you decided to inject John Huston's dark 1985 film, "Prizzi's Honor," with Oedipal overtones. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Despite the tenderness between them, Rose and her perfect younger man have the sickest mother-son relationship since Angela Lansbury and Laurence Harvey in "The Manchurian Candidate" - and Mikey seems just as brainwashed. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
In this lukewarm climate of pointless remakes and uninspired sequels there's always welcome room for a film that wants to push the envelope, Shadowboxer merely crams it with a lot of nonsense. Read full review
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